MACADAMIA

macadamia, macadamia tree

(noun) any tree of the genus Macadamia

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

macadamia (countable and uncountable, plural macadamias)

An evergreen tree, of the genus Macadamia, native to Australia and cultivated in Hawaii.

The fruit of this tree; the macadamia nut.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

22 May 2024

INFERIOR

(adjective) having an orbit between the sun and the Earth’s orbit; “Mercury and Venus are inferior planets”


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Coffee Trivia

The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.

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