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Descriptor English: Nuts
Descriptor Spanish: Nueces
Descriptor nueces
Entry term(s) frutos con cáscara dura
frutos con epicarpio duro
frutos con exocarpio duro
frutos secos indehiscentes
nuez
Scope note: Botánicamente, fruto provisto de una sola semilla en el que el pericarpio que cubre el fruto es una cubierta leñosa dura. En términos coloquiales esta palabra se utiliza para referirse a cualquier almendra dura y rica en aceites. De las que son comestibles, sólo son estrictamente nueces la avellana y la castaña. Las nueces de nogal, pecanas, almendras y cocos son realmente drupas. Las nueces de Brasil, los pistachos, las macadamias y los anacardos realmente son semillas con una cubierta dura que deriva de la testa y no del pericarpio.
Descriptor Portuguese: Nozes
Descriptor French: Noix
Entry term(s): Nut
Tree number(s): A18.024.500.500
G07.203.300.700
J02.500.700
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009754
Scope note: Botanically, a type of single-seeded fruit in which the pericarp enclosing the seed is a hard woody shell. In common usage the term is used loosely for any hard, oil-rich kernel. Of those commonly eaten, only hazel, filbert, and chestnut are strictly nuts. Walnuts, pecans, almonds, and coconuts are really drupes. Brazil nuts, pistachios, macadamias, and cashews are really seeds with a hard shell derived from the testa rather than the pericarp.
Annotation: /adv eff; consider also NUT HYPERSENSITIVITY; PEANUTS see ARACHIS is also available
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EC economics
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PO poisoning
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
DeCS ID: 9937
Unique ID: D009754
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/07/09
Nuts - Preferred
Concept UI M0015128
Scope note Botanically, a type of single-seeded fruit in which the pericarp enclosing the seed is a hard woody shell. In common usage the term is used loosely for any hard, oil-rich kernel. Of those commonly eaten, only hazel, filbert, and chestnut are strictly nuts. Walnuts, pecans, almonds, and coconuts are really drupes. Brazil nuts, pistachios, macadamias, and cashews are really seeds with a hard shell derived from the testa rather than the pericarp.
Preferred term Nuts
Entry term(s) Nut



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