🌰 Nut Vocab
Nuts come with a few surprises. Some are true nuts, while others are seeds or legumes. Peanuts grow underground, pine nuts and pignoli are the same seed, and hazelnuts and filberts are almost the same nut. These are the names you’ll find on snack bags and bakery lists.
🥜 Everyday Nuts
🤍 Almonds
mild, pointed tree-nut seeds used raw, roasted, or as flour
Example: Sliced almonds on a cake. Marcona almonds are the short, round Spanish type.
🇫🇷 French: Amandes
🇩🇪 German: Mandeln
🇮🇹 Italian: Mandorle
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Amêndoas
💡 Nuance: A seed inside a stone fruit. Marcona is a named almond, not a different species.
mild, pointed tree-nut seeds used raw, roasted, or as flour
Example: Sliced almonds on a cake. Marcona almonds are the short, round Spanish type.
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🇪🇸 Spanish: Almendras🇫🇷 French: Amandes
🇩🇪 German: Mandeln
🇮🇹 Italian: Mandorle
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Amêndoas
💡 Nuance: A seed inside a stone fruit. Marcona is a named almond, not a different species.
🧠 Walnuts
wrinkled nuts with a mild bitter edge - usually English walnuts in shops
Example: Walnut pieces in brownies. Black walnuts are the louder wild cousin.
🇫🇷 French: Noix
🇩🇪 German: Walnüsse
🇮🇹 Italian: Noci
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Nozes
💡 Nuance: Default walnut is English walnut. Butternuts are another walnut-family nut.
wrinkled nuts with a mild bitter edge - usually English walnuts in shops
Example: Walnut pieces in brownies. Black walnuts are the louder wild cousin.
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🇪🇸 Spanish: Nueces🇫🇷 French: Noix
🇩🇪 German: Walnüsse
🇮🇹 Italian: Noci
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Nozes
💡 Nuance: Default walnut is English walnut. Butternuts are another walnut-family nut.
🟤 Pecans
smooth, buttery nuts from North America
Example: Pecan pie. Hickory nuts are related and harder to crack.
🇫🇷 French: Noix de pécan
🇩🇪 German: Pekannüsse
🇮🇹 Italian: Noci pecan
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Nozes-pecã
💡 Nuance: Sweeter and smoother than walnuts. Same family as hickory.
smooth, buttery nuts from North America
Example: Pecan pie. Hickory nuts are related and harder to crack.
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🇪🇸 Spanish: Pacanas / pecanas🇫🇷 French: Noix de pécan
🇩🇪 German: Pekannüsse
🇮🇹 Italian: Noci pecan
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Nozes-pecã
💡 Nuance: Sweeter and smoother than walnuts. Same family as hickory.
🌙 Cashews
curved creamy seeds from the cashew apple
Example: Roasted cashews in a stir-fry. They are seeds, sold as nuts.
🇫🇷 French: Noix de cajou
🇩🇪 German: Cashewkerne
🇮🇹 Italian: Anacardi
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Castanhas de caju
💡 Nuance: Always sold shelled. Raw-looking cashews in shops are still processed.
curved creamy seeds from the cashew apple
Example: Roasted cashews in a stir-fry. They are seeds, sold as nuts.
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🇪🇸 Spanish: Anacardos🇫🇷 French: Noix de cajou
🇩🇪 German: Cashewkerne
🇮🇹 Italian: Anacardi
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Castanhas de caju
💡 Nuance: Always sold shelled. Raw-looking cashews in shops are still processed.
🟢 Pistachios
green nuts in a split beige shell
Example: Pistachio ice cream. Pistachio nuts is the same snack under a longer label.
🇫🇷 French: Pistaches
🇩🇪 German: Pistazien
🇮🇹 Italian: Pistacchi
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Pistácios
💡 Nuance: One nut, two bag names. Pili nuts are a different tropical nut.
green nuts in a split beige shell
Example: Pistachio ice cream. Pistachio nuts is the same snack under a longer label.
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🇪🇸 Spanish: Pistachos🇫🇷 French: Pistaches
🇩🇪 German: Pistazien
🇮🇹 Italian: Pistacchi
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Pistácios
💡 Nuance: One nut, two bag names. Pili nuts are a different tropical nut.
🌰 Hazelnuts
round brown nuts with a sweet, toasted flavor
Example: Hazelnuts in chocolate spread. Filberts is the other English name.
🇫🇷 French: Noisettes
🇩🇪 German: Haselnüsse
🇮🇹 Italian: Nocciole
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Avelãs
💡 Nuance: Filbert is often used for cultivated hazelnuts. Same grocery nut in practice.
round brown nuts with a sweet, toasted flavor
Example: Hazelnuts in chocolate spread. Filberts is the other English name.
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🇪🇸 Spanish: Avellanas🇫🇷 French: Noisettes
🇩🇪 German: Haselnüsse
🇮🇹 Italian: Nocciole
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Avelãs
💡 Nuance: Filbert is often used for cultivated hazelnuts. Same grocery nut in practice.
⚪ Macadamia Nuts
round, very rich nuts with a high oil content
Example: Macadamia cookies. Brazil nuts are longer and come in a pod of many seeds.
🇫🇷 French: Noix de macadamia
🇩🇪 German: Macadamianüsse
🇮🇹 Italian: Noci di macadamia
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Nozes de macadâmia
💡 Nuance: Soft crunch, lots of fat. Paradise nuts are a related Amazon seed, less common in tins.
round, very rich nuts with a high oil content
Example: Macadamia cookies. Brazil nuts are longer and come in a pod of many seeds.
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🇪🇸 Spanish: Nueces de macadamia🇫🇷 French: Noix de macadamia
🇩🇪 German: Macadamianüsse
🇮🇹 Italian: Noci di macadamia
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Nozes de macadâmia
💡 Nuance: Soft crunch, lots of fat. Paradise nuts are a related Amazon seed, less common in tins.
🇧🇷 Brazil Nuts
long, rich seeds from a large Amazon fruit
Example: A Brazil nut in a mixed tin. One fruit holds many seeds packed like orange segments.
🇫🇷 French: Noix du Brésil
🇩🇪 German: Paranüsse
🇮🇹 Italian: Noci del Brasile
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Castanhas-do-pará
💡 Nuance: High in selenium. Paradise nut is the less famous cousin.
long, rich seeds from a large Amazon fruit
Example: A Brazil nut in a mixed tin. One fruit holds many seeds packed like orange segments.
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🇪🇸 Spanish: Nueces de Brasil🇫🇷 French: Noix du Brésil
🇩🇪 German: Paranüsse
🇮🇹 Italian: Noci del Brasile
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Castanhas-do-pará
💡 Nuance: High in selenium. Paradise nut is the less famous cousin.
🌲 Pine Nuts
small soft seeds from pine cones
Example: Pine nuts in pesto. Pignoli is the Italian name for the same seed.
🇫🇷 French: Pignons
🇩🇪 German: Pinienkerne
🇮🇹 Italian: Pinoli
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Pinhões
💡 Nuance: Toast them gently. They burn fast. Not peanuts.
small soft seeds from pine cones
Example: Pine nuts in pesto. Pignoli is the Italian name for the same seed.
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🇪🇸 Spanish: Piñones🇫🇷 French: Pignons
🇩🇪 German: Pinienkerne
🇮🇹 Italian: Pinoli
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Pinhões
💡 Nuance: Toast them gently. They burn fast. Not peanuts.
🥜 Peanuts
legumes that grow underground and are sold as nuts
Example: Peanut butter. They are beans, not tree nuts.
🇫🇷 French: Cacahuètes
🇩🇪 German: Erdnüsse
🇮🇹 Italian: Arachidi
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Amendoins
💡 Nuance: Groundnut. Tiger nuts are a different underground tuber, not a peanut.
legumes that grow underground and are sold as nuts
Example: Peanut butter. They are beans, not tree nuts.
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🇪🇸 Spanish: Cacahuetes / maní🇫🇷 French: Cacahuètes
🇩🇪 German: Erdnüsse
🇮🇹 Italian: Arachidi
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Amendoins
💡 Nuance: Groundnut. Tiger nuts are a different underground tuber, not a peanut.
🏷️ Same Nut, Second Name
🟢 Pistachio Nuts
another bag label for pistachios
Example: The tin said pistachio nuts. It was the same green nut.
🇫🇷 French: Pistaches
🇩🇪 German: Pistazien
🇮🇹 Italian: Pistacchi
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Pistácios
💡 Nuance: Extra word, same nut. Keep both because shops use both.
another bag label for pistachios
Example: The tin said pistachio nuts. It was the same green nut.
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🇪🇸 Spanish: Pistachos🇫🇷 French: Pistaches
🇩🇪 German: Pistazien
🇮🇹 Italian: Pistacchi
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Pistácios
💡 Nuance: Extra word, same nut. Keep both because shops use both.
🇬🇧 English Walnuts
the common thin-shelled walnut sold as walnuts
Example: English walnuts crack easily. Black walnuts do not.
🇫🇷 French: Noix communes
🇩🇪 German: Echte Walnüsse
🇮🇹 Italian: Noci comuni
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Nozes comuns
💡 Nuance: Also called Persian walnuts. The default walnut in baking.
the common thin-shelled walnut sold as walnuts
Example: English walnuts crack easily. Black walnuts do not.
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🇪🇸 Spanish: Nueces inglesas / comunes🇫🇷 French: Noix communes
🇩🇪 German: Echte Walnüsse
🇮🇹 Italian: Noci comuni
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Nozes comuns
💡 Nuance: Also called Persian walnuts. The default walnut in baking.
🍂 Filberts
another English name for cultivated hazelnuts
Example: Oregon filberts. The flavor is still hazelnut.
🇫🇷 French: Noisettes
🇩🇪 German: Lambertsnüsse
🇮🇹 Italian: Nocciole
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Avelãs
💡 Nuance: Some growers split filbert and hazelnut by species. In shops they are treated as one nut.
another English name for cultivated hazelnuts
Example: Oregon filberts. The flavor is still hazelnut.
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🇪🇸 Spanish: Avellanas🇫🇷 French: Noisettes
🇩🇪 German: Lambertsnüsse
🇮🇹 Italian: Nocciole
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Avelãs
💡 Nuance: Some growers split filbert and hazelnut by species. In shops they are treated as one nut.
🇮🇹 Pignoli
Italian name for pine nuts
Example: Pignoli cookies. The ingredient list still means pine nuts.
🇫🇷 French: Pignons
🇩🇪 German: Pinienkerne
🇮🇹 Italian: Pinoli
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Pinhões
💡 Nuance: Same seed as pine nuts. Italian bakery word.
Italian name for pine nuts
Example: Pignoli cookies. The ingredient list still means pine nuts.
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🇪🇸 Spanish: Piñones🇫🇷 French: Pignons
🇩🇪 German: Pinienkerne
🇮🇹 Italian: Pinoli
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Pinhões
💡 Nuance: Same seed as pine nuts. Italian bakery word.
🇪🇸 Marcona Almonds
short, round Spanish almonds, often fried in oil and salted
Example: Marcona almonds with a drink. Regular almonds are longer and pointed.
🇫🇷 French: Amandes Marcona
🇩🇪 German: Marcona-Mandeln
🇮🇹 Italian: Mandorle Marcona
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Amêndoas Marcona
💡 Nuance: A variety, not a different nut. Softer and rounder than California almonds.
short, round Spanish almonds, often fried in oil and salted
Example: Marcona almonds with a drink. Regular almonds are longer and pointed.
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🇪🇸 Spanish: Almendras Marcona🇫🇷 French: Amandes Marcona
🇩🇪 German: Marcona-Mandeln
🇮🇹 Italian: Mandorle Marcona
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Amêndoas Marcona
💡 Nuance: A variety, not a different nut. Softer and rounder than California almonds.
🌳 Walnut Family & Foraged
🖤 Black Walnuts
wild North American walnuts with a strong, earthy flavor
Example: Black walnut ice cream. The shell is much harder than an English walnut.
🇫🇷 French: Noix noires
🇩🇪 German: Schwarznüsse
🇮🇹 Italian: Noci nere
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Nozes-pretas
💡 Nuance: Louder taste. Do not swap one-for-one with English walnuts in a mild cake.
wild North American walnuts with a strong, earthy flavor
Example: Black walnut ice cream. The shell is much harder than an English walnut.
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🇪🇸 Spanish: Nueces negras🇫🇷 French: Noix noires
🇩🇪 German: Schwarznüsse
🇮🇹 Italian: Noci nere
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Nozes-pretas
💡 Nuance: Louder taste. Do not swap one-for-one with English walnuts in a mild cake.
🪵 Hickory Nuts
hard-shelled nuts related to pecans
Example: Cracked hickory nuts in autumn. Pecans are the easy commercial cousin.
🇫🇷 French: Noix de caryer
🇩🇪 German: Hickorynüsse
🇮🇹 Italian: Noci hickory
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Nozes de hickory
💡 Nuance: Flavor near pecan. Shell work is the reason they stay local.
hard-shelled nuts related to pecans
Example: Cracked hickory nuts in autumn. Pecans are the easy commercial cousin.
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🇪🇸 Spanish: Nueces de hicoria🇫🇷 French: Noix de caryer
🇩🇪 German: Hickorynüsse
🇮🇹 Italian: Noci hickory
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Nozes de hickory
💡 Nuance: Flavor near pecan. Shell work is the reason they stay local.
🧈 Butternuts
oily walnut-family nuts, also called white walnuts
Example: Butternuts from a backyard tree. Softer flavor than black walnuts.
🇫🇷 French: Noyers cendrés
🇩🇪 German: Butternüsse
🇮🇹 Italian: Noci butternut
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Nozes-butternut
💡 Nuance: Not the squash. A walnut relative with an oily kernel.
oily walnut-family nuts, also called white walnuts
Example: Butternuts from a backyard tree. Softer flavor than black walnuts.
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🇪🇸 Spanish: Nueces blancas / butternuts🇫🇷 French: Noyers cendrés
🇩🇪 German: Butternüsse
🇮🇹 Italian: Noci butternut
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Nozes-butternut
💡 Nuance: Not the squash. A walnut relative with an oily kernel.
🍂 Beechnuts
small three-sided nuts from beech trees
Example: Beechnuts on the forest floor. Tiny compared with a chestnut.
🇫🇷 French: Faines
🇩🇪 German: Bucheckern
🇮🇹 Italian: Faggiole
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Bolotas de faia
💡 Nuance: Foraged more than farmed. Acorns are the oak version, more tannic.
small three-sided nuts from beech trees
Example: Beechnuts on the forest floor. Tiny compared with a chestnut.
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🇪🇸 Spanish: Hayucos🇫🇷 French: Faines
🇩🇪 German: Bucheckern
🇮🇹 Italian: Faggiole
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Bolotas de faia
💡 Nuance: Foraged more than farmed. Acorns are the oak version, more tannic.
🌰 Chestnuts
starchy nuts eaten roasted or in stuffing - not oily like walnuts
Example: Roasted chestnuts. Acorns need leaching. Chestnuts do not.
🇫🇷 French: Châtaignes / marrons
🇩🇪 German: Maronen / Kastanien
🇮🇹 Italian: Castagne
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Castanhas
💡 Nuance: Low oil, high starch. Horse chestnuts are not this food nut.
starchy nuts eaten roasted or in stuffing - not oily like walnuts
Example: Roasted chestnuts. Acorns need leaching. Chestnuts do not.
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🇪🇸 Spanish: Castañas🇫🇷 French: Châtaignes / marrons
🇩🇪 German: Maronen / Kastanien
🇮🇹 Italian: Castagne
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Castanhas
💡 Nuance: Low oil, high starch. Horse chestnuts are not this food nut.
🌳 Acorns
oak nuts - edible after tannins are washed out
Example: Acorn flour. You cannot snack them raw like almonds.
🇫🇷 French: Glands
🇩🇪 German: Eicheln
🇮🇹 Italian: Ghiande
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Bolotas
💡 Nuance: True botanical nuts. Bitter until leached. Chestnuts are the ready-to-roast cousin.
oak nuts - edible after tannins are washed out
Example: Acorn flour. You cannot snack them raw like almonds.
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🇪🇸 Spanish: Bellotas🇫🇷 French: Glands
🇩🇪 German: Eicheln
🇮🇹 Italian: Ghiande
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Bolotas
💡 Nuance: True botanical nuts. Bitter until leached. Chestnuts are the ready-to-roast cousin.
🌴 Tropical, Ritual & Lookalikes
🕯️ Candlenuts
oily nuts used as a thickener in Southeast Asian cooking
Example: Candlenuts ground into a curry paste. Kukui is the Hawaiian name for the same tree.
🇫🇷 French: Noix de Bancoul
🇩🇪 German: Lichtnüsse
🇮🇹 Italian: Noci candela
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Nozes-de-candeeiro
💡 Nuance: Cooked, not a handful snack. Kukui nuts are the same species in Hawaii.
oily nuts used as a thickener in Southeast Asian cooking
Example: Candlenuts ground into a curry paste. Kukui is the Hawaiian name for the same tree.
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🇪🇸 Spanish: Nueces de la India / kemiri🇫🇷 French: Noix de Bancoul
🇩🇪 German: Lichtnüsse
🇮🇹 Italian: Noci candela
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Nozes-de-candeeiro
💡 Nuance: Cooked, not a handful snack. Kukui nuts are the same species in Hawaii.
🌺 Kukui Nuts
Hawaiian name for candlenuts, also used in leis
Example: A kukui lei. In a Indonesian recipe the same nut is candlenut.
🇫🇷 French: Noix kukui
🇩🇪 German: Kukui-Nüsse
🇮🇹 Italian: Noci kukui
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Nozes kukui
💡 Nuance: Place name plus the same tree. Not a macadamia.
Hawaiian name for candlenuts, also used in leis
Example: A kukui lei. In a Indonesian recipe the same nut is candlenut.
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🇪🇸 Spanish: Nueces kukui🇫🇷 French: Noix kukui
🇩🇪 German: Kukui-Nüsse
🇮🇹 Italian: Noci kukui
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Nozes kukui
💡 Nuance: Place name plus the same tree. Not a macadamia.
🇵🇭 Pili Nuts
rich, buttery nuts from the Philippines
Example: Roasted pili nuts. Closer to macadamia in richness than to peanut.
🇫🇷 French: Noix pili
🇩🇪 German: Pili-Nüsse
🇮🇹 Italian: Noci pili
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Nozes pili
💡 Nuance: Tropical luxury nut. Not pistachio and not pine nut.
rich, buttery nuts from the Philippines
Example: Roasted pili nuts. Closer to macadamia in richness than to peanut.
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🇪🇸 Spanish: Nueces pili🇫🇷 French: Noix pili
🇩🇪 German: Pili-Nüsse
🇮🇹 Italian: Noci pili
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Nozes pili
💡 Nuance: Tropical luxury nut. Not pistachio and not pine nut.
🍞 Breadnut
seeded relative of breadfruit, eaten roasted or boiled
Example: Roasted breadnuts. Not a bread loaf and not a chestnut, though the starch is similar.
🇫🇷 French: Châtaigne pain
🇩🇪 German: Brotnuss
🇮🇹 Italian: Breadnut
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Castanha de fruta-pão
💡 Nuance: A seeded breadfruit. Starchy like chestnut more than like walnut.
seeded relative of breadfruit, eaten roasted or boiled
Example: Roasted breadnuts. Not a bread loaf and not a chestnut, though the starch is similar.
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🇪🇸 Spanish: Semilla de fruta de pan🇫🇷 French: Châtaigne pain
🇩🇪 German: Brotnuss
🇮🇹 Italian: Breadnut
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Castanha de fruta-pão
💡 Nuance: A seeded breadfruit. Starchy like chestnut more than like walnut.
🇧🇷 Baru Nuts
Cerrado tree seeds with a peanut-cashew taste
Example: Baru nuts from Brazil. A newer export snack, not a Brazil nut.
🇫🇷 French: Noix baru
🇩🇪 German: Baru-Nüsse
🇮🇹 Italian: Noci baru
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Castanhas de baru
💡 Nuance: Different tree from Brazil nuts. Taste sits between peanut and cashew.
Cerrado tree seeds with a peanut-cashew taste
Example: Baru nuts from Brazil. A newer export snack, not a Brazil nut.
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🇪🇸 Spanish: Nueces baru🇫🇷 French: Noix baru
🇩🇪 German: Baru-Nüsse
🇮🇹 Italian: Noci baru
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Castanhas de baru
💡 Nuance: Different tree from Brazil nuts. Taste sits between peanut and cashew.
🌳 Paradise Nuts
Amazon seeds related to Brazil nuts
Example: Paradise nuts in a specialty tin. Think Brazil nut family, milder fame.
🇫🇷 French: Noix du paradis
🇩🇪 German: Paradiesnüsse
🇮🇹 Italian: Noci del paradiso
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Castanhas-do-paraíso
💡 Nuance: Lecythis. Neighbor of the Brazil nut, not a nickname for it.
Amazon seeds related to Brazil nuts
Example: Paradise nuts in a specialty tin. Think Brazil nut family, milder fame.
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🇪🇸 Spanish: Nueces del paraíso🇫🇷 French: Noix du paradis
🇩🇪 German: Paradiesnüsse
🇮🇹 Italian: Noci del paradiso
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Castanhas-do-paraíso
💡 Nuance: Lecythis. Neighbor of the Brazil nut, not a nickname for it.
🟠 Areca Nuts
seeds of the areca palm, chewed with betel leaf in some regions
Example: Areca nut is not a baking nut. It is a stimulant seed.
🇫🇷 French: Noix d’arec
🇩🇪 German: Betelnüsse
🇮🇹 Italian: Noci di areca
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Nozes de areca
💡 Nuance: Also called betel nut. Not for pesto or pie.
seeds of the areca palm, chewed with betel leaf in some regions
Example: Areca nut is not a baking nut. It is a stimulant seed.
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🇪🇸 Spanish: Nuez de areca🇫🇷 French: Noix d’arec
🇩🇪 German: Betelnüsse
🇮🇹 Italian: Noci di areca
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Nozes de areca
💡 Nuance: Also called betel nut. Not for pesto or pie.
🟡 Tiger Nuts
small wrinkled tubers, not tree nuts
Example: Horchata from tiger nuts. They are sedge tubers, not peanuts.
🇫🇷 French: Souchet / chufas
🇩🇪 German: Erdmandeln
🇮🇹 Italian: Zigoli dolci
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Juncinha / chufas
💡 Nuance: Name says nut. Botany says tuber. Used in Spanish horchata.
small wrinkled tubers, not tree nuts
Example: Horchata from tiger nuts. They are sedge tubers, not peanuts.
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🇪🇸 Spanish: Chufas🇫🇷 French: Souchet / chufas
🇩🇪 German: Erdmandeln
🇮🇹 Italian: Zigoli dolci
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Juncinha / chufas
💡 Nuance: Name says nut. Botany says tuber. Used in Spanish horchata.
🍃 Ginkgo Nuts
starchy seeds from ginkgo trees, eaten cooked in East Asian dishes
Example: Ginkgo nuts in a simmered pot. The fruit smell is infamous. The cooked seed is mild.
🇫🇷 French: Noix de ginkgo
🇩🇪 German: Ginkgonüsse
🇮🇹 Italian: Noci di ginkgo
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Nozes de ginkgo
💡 Nuance: Cooked in small amounts. Not a snack handful like almonds.
starchy seeds from ginkgo trees, eaten cooked in East Asian dishes
Example: Ginkgo nuts in a simmered pot. The fruit smell is infamous. The cooked seed is mild.
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🇪🇸 Spanish: Nueces de ginkgo🇫🇷 French: Noix de ginkgo
🇩🇪 German: Ginkgonüsse
🇮🇹 Italian: Noci di ginkgo
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Nozes de ginkgo
💡 Nuance: Cooked in small amounts. Not a snack handful like almonds.
🧠 Useful Distinctions
🥜 Peanuts vs. tree nuts
Peanuts are legumes. Almonds, walnuts, and pecans are the tree-nut aisle.
Peanuts are legumes. Almonds, walnuts, and pecans are the tree-nut aisle.
🧠 Walnuts vs. 🇬🇧 English walnuts vs. 🖤 Black walnuts vs. 🧈 Butternuts
Walnut on a label is usually English walnut. Black walnut is stronger. Butternut is the oily white walnut.
Walnut on a label is usually English walnut. Black walnut is stronger. Butternut is the oily white walnut.
🌰 Hazelnuts vs. 🍂 Filberts
Two English names. In shops they are the same nut.
Two English names. In shops they are the same nut.
🌲 Pine nuts vs. 🇮🇹 Pignoli
Same seed. Pignoli is the Italian bakery name.
Same seed. Pignoli is the Italian bakery name.
🤍 Almonds vs. 🇪🇸 Marcona almonds
Marcona is a round Spanish variety of almond.
Marcona is a round Spanish variety of almond.
🟢 Pistachios vs. Pistachio nuts
Same nut. Longer label only.
Same nut. Longer label only.
🕯️ Candlenuts vs. 🌺 Kukui
Same tree. Kukui is the Hawaiian name.
Same tree. Kukui is the Hawaiian name.
🌰 Chestnuts vs. 🌳 Acorns vs. 🟡 Tiger nuts
Chestnuts roast as food. Acorns need tannins washed out. Tiger nuts are tubers.
Chestnuts roast as food. Acorns need tannins washed out. Tiger nuts are tubers.
💬 Everyday Nut Phrases
🥜 Peanuts are legumes. They just get sold with the nuts.
aisle vs. botany
🇫🇷 Les cacahuètes sont des légumineuses. On les vend avec les noix.
🇩🇪 Erdnüsse sind Hülsenfrüchte. Man verkauft sie bei den Nüssen.
🇮🇹 Le arachidi sono legumi. Si vendono con la frutta secca.
🇵🇹 Os amendoins são legumes. Vendem-se com os frutos secos.
aisle vs. botany
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🇪🇸 Los cacahuetes son legumbres. Se venden con los frutos secos.🇫🇷 Les cacahuètes sont des légumineuses. On les vend avec les noix.
🇩🇪 Erdnüsse sind Hülsenfrüchte. Man verkauft sie bei den Nüssen.
🇮🇹 Le arachidi sono legumi. Si vendono con la frutta secca.
🇵🇹 Os amendoins são legumes. Vendem-se com os frutos secos.
🌲 Pignoli means pine nuts. Same seed.
Italian label
🇫🇷 Pignoli, c’est pignon. La même graine.
🇩🇪 Pignoli heißt Pinienkerne. Derselbe Samen.
🇮🇹 Pignoli sono i pinoli. Lo stesso seme.
🇵🇹 Pignoli são pinhões. A mesma semente.
Italian label
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🇪🇸 Pignoli son piñones. La misma semilla.🇫🇷 Pignoli, c’est pignon. La même graine.
🇩🇪 Pignoli heißt Pinienkerne. Derselbe Samen.
🇮🇹 Pignoli sono i pinoli. Lo stesso seme.
🇵🇹 Pignoli são pinhões. A mesma semente.
🖤 Black walnuts taste louder than English walnuts.
do not swap blindly
🇫🇷 La noix noire goûte plus fort que la noix commune.
🇩🇪 Schwarznüsse schmecken kräftiger als Walnüsse.
🇮🇹 Le noci nere sono più intense delle noci comuni.
🇵🇹 A noz-preta é mais forte que a noz comum.
do not swap blindly
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🇪🇸 La nuez negra sabe más fuerte que la inglesa.🇫🇷 La noix noire goûte plus fort que la noix commune.
🇩🇪 Schwarznüsse schmecken kräftiger als Walnüsse.
🇮🇹 Le noci nere sono più intense delle noci comuni.
🇵🇹 A noz-preta é mais forte que a noz comum.
🟡 Tiger nuts are tubers. The name is the trap.
chufa, not a tree nut
🇫🇷 Les chufas sont des tubercules. Le nom trompe.
🇩🇪 Erdmandeln sind Knollen. Der Name täuscht.
🇮🇹 Le tiger nuts sono tuberi. Il nome inganna.
🇵🇹 As chufas são tubérculos. O nome engana.
chufa, not a tree nut
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🇪🇸 Las chufas son tubérculos. El nombre engaña.🇫🇷 Les chufas sont des tubercules. Le nom trompe.
🇩🇪 Erdmandeln sind Knollen. Der Name täuscht.
🇮🇹 Le tiger nuts sono tuberi. Il nome inganna.
🇵🇹 As chufas são tubérculos. O nome engana.
🏆 Final Practice
English in the Real World:
Read the situation. Choose the more precise nut word.
Read the situation. Choose the more precise nut word.
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