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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]]. |
− | ;Order Fagales | + | ;Order [[Fagales]] |
| *Family [[Juglandaceae]] | | *Family [[Juglandaceae]] |
− | ** [[Walnut]] - esp. [[Juglans regia|'''Persian Walnut''' (''Juglans regia'')]] | + | ** [[Walnut]] - esp. [[Juglans regia]], the '''[[Persian Walnut]]''' |
− | ** [[Butternut (tree)|Butternut]] (''Juglans'') | + | ** [[Butternut]] (''[[Juglans]]'') |
− | ** [[Hickory]], [[Pecan]] (''Carya'') | + | ** [[Hickory]], [[Pecan]] (''[[Carya]]'') |
− | ** [[Wingnut]] (''Pterocarya'') | + | ** [[Wingnut]] (''[[Pterocarya]]'') |
| * Family [[Fagaceae]] | | * Family [[Fagaceae]] |
− | ** [[Chestnut]] (''Castanea'') | + | ** [[Chestnut]] (''[[Castanea]]'') |
− | ** [[Beech]] (''Fagus'') | + | ** [[Beech]] (''[[Fagus]]'') |
− | ** [[Oak]] (''Quercus'') | + | ** [[Oak]] (''[[Quercus]]'') |
− | ** [[Lithocarpus|Stone-oak]], [[Tanoak]] (''Lithocarpus'') | + | ** [[Stone-oak]], [[Tanoak]] (''[[Lithocarpus]]'') |
| * Family [[Betulaceae]] | | * Family [[Betulaceae]] |
− | ** [[Alder]] (''Alnus'') | + | ** [[Alder]] (''[[Alnus]]'') |
− | ** [[Birch]] (''Betula'') | + | ** [[Birch]] (''[[Betula]]'') |
− | ** [[Hazel]], [[Filbert]] (''Corylus'') | + | ** [[Hazel]], [[Filbert]] (''[[Corylus]]'') |
| ** [[Hornbeam]] | | ** [[Hornbeam]] |
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