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queensland nut
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun queensland nut has 1 sense
- queensland nut(n = noun.plant) macadamia tetraphylla - bushy tree with pink to purple flowers; Array is a member of genus macadamia
is a kind of macadamia, macadamia tree
CIDE DICTIONARY
queensland nut,
The nut of an Australian tree (Macadamia ternifolia ). It is about an inch in diameter, and contains a single round edible seed, or sometimes two hemispherical seeds. So called from Queensland in Australia. [1913 Webster]
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