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A '''nut''' in [[botany]] is a ''simple dry [[fruit]]'' with one [[seed]] (rarely two) in which the [[ovary (plants)|ovary]] wall becomes very hard (stony or woody) at maturity, and where the seed remains unattached or unfused with the ovary wall. Most nuts come from [[carpel|pistils]] with ''inferior'' ovaries (see [[flower]]) and all are ''indehiscent'' (not opening at maturity). True nuts are produced, for example, by some plants — families of the [[order (biology)|order]] [[Fagales]].
A '''nut''' in [[botany]] is a ''simple dry [[fruit]]'' with one [[seed]] (rarely two) in which the [[ovary (plants)|ovary]] wall becomes very hard (stony or woody) at maturity, and where the seed remains unattached or unfused with the ovary wall. Most nuts come from [[carpel|pistils]] with ''inferior'' ovaries (see [[flower]]) and all are ''indehiscent'' (not opening at maturity). True nuts are produced, for example, by some plants — families of the [[order (biology)|order]] [[Fagales]].
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;Order Fagales
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;Order [[Fagales]]
*Family [[Juglandaceae]]
*Family [[Juglandaceae]]
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** [[Walnut]] - esp. [[Juglans regia|'''Persian Walnut''' (''Juglans regia'')]]
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** [[Walnut]] - esp. [[Juglans regia]], the '''[[Persian Walnut]]'''
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** [[Butternut (tree)|Butternut]] (''Juglans'')
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** [[Butternut]] (''[[Juglans]]'')
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** [[Hickory]], [[Pecan]] (''Carya'')
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** [[Hickory]], [[Pecan]] (''[[Carya]]'')
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** [[Wingnut]] (''Pterocarya'')
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** [[Wingnut]] (''[[Pterocarya]]'')
* Family [[Fagaceae]]
* Family [[Fagaceae]]
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** [[Chestnut]] (''Castanea'')
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** [[Chestnut]] (''[[Castanea]]'')
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** [[Beech]] (''Fagus'')
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** [[Beech]] (''[[Fagus]]'')
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** [[Oak]] (''Quercus'')
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** [[Oak]] (''[[Quercus]]'')
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** [[Lithocarpus|Stone-oak]], [[Tanoak]] (''Lithocarpus'')
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** [[Stone-oak]], [[Tanoak]] (''[[Lithocarpus]]'')
* Family [[Betulaceae]]
* Family [[Betulaceae]]
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** [[Alder]] (''Alnus'')
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** [[Alder]] (''[[Alnus]]'')
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** [[Birch]] (''Betula'')
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** [[Birch]] (''[[Betula]]'')
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** [[Hazel]], [[Filbert]] (''Corylus'')
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** [[Hazel]], [[Filbert]] (''[[Corylus]]'')
** [[Hornbeam]]
** [[Hornbeam]]