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The Cashew is a tree in the flowering plant family Anacardiaceae. The plant is native to northeastern Brazil, where it is called by its Portuguese name Caju (the fruit) or Cajueiro (the tree). It is now widely grown in tropical climates for its cashew nuts and cashew apples.. For more information about the topic Cashew, read the full article at Wikipedia.org. Related articles: Nut (fruit) — A nut in botany is a simple dry fruit with one seed (rarely two) in which the ovary wall becomes very hard at maturity, and where the seed remains ... > read more Poison Sumac — Poison Sumac (Toxicodendron vernix or Rhus vernix) is a woody shrub growing to 3 m tall. All parts of the plant contain a toxic resin called urushiol ... > read more Toxicodendron — Toxicodendron is a small genus of woody trees, shrubs and vines, all of which produce the skin-irritating oil urushiol, which can cause a severe ... > read more Poison ivy — Poison ivy is a woody vine that is well-known for its abil...

The walnuts are plants in the walnut family Juglandaceae. They are deciduous trees. The nuts of all the walnut species are edible.. For more information about the topic Walnut, read the full article at Wikipedia.org, or see the following related articles: Nut (fruit) — A nut in botany is a simple dry fruit with one seed (rarely two) in which the ovary wall becomes very hard at maturity, and where the seed remains ... > read more Toxicodendron — Toxicodendron is a small genus of woody trees, shrubs and vines, all of which produce the skin-irritating oil urushiol, which can cause a severe ... > read more Ivy — Hedera (English ivy) is a genus of about ten species of climbing or ground-creeping evergreen woody plants in the family Araliaceae, native to the ... > read more Tree — A tree can be defined as a large, perennial, woody plant. Though there is no set definition regarding minimum size, the term generally applies to ... > read more

The peanut or groundnut (Arachis hypogaea) is a species in the pea family Fabaceae native to South America. Although a nut in the culinary sense, in the botanical sense the fruit of the peanut is a woody, indehiscent legume or pod and not technically a nut.. For more information about the topic Peanut, read the full article at Wikipedia.org, or see the following related articles: Legume — The term legume has two closely related meanings in botany, legume can refer to either the plant itself, or to the edible fruit (or useful part). ... > read more Kudzu — Kudzu is a climbing, woody or semi-woody, perennial vine capable of reaching heights of 20 - 30 m (66 - 98 ft) in trees, but also scrambles ... > read more Bean — Bean is a common name for large plant seeds of several genera of Fabaceae (formerly Leguminosae) used for food or ... > read more Nut (fruit) — A nut in botany is a simple dry fruit with one seed (rarely two) in which the ovary wall becomes very hard at maturity...

Nut (botany), term commonly and loosely applied to any dry, hard-shelled fruit or seed having a rind that can be easily separated from the internal, edible kernel. In botanical terminology, the term nut is restricted to a one-seeded fruit that has developed from a compound ovary, that has external walls hardened to a woody consistency, and that is indehiscent, which means that it does not split open to release its seed. Such so-called true nuts may be edible or inedible; common examples are acorns, beechnuts, chestnuts, and hazelnuts. Examples of fruits or seeds that are incorrectly and popularly termed nuts include almonds and walnuts, which are drupes with the fleshy outer layer removed; peanuts, which are seeds contained in pods; and horse chestnuts and Brazil nuts, which are seeds contained in capsules.