macadamia

«macadamia» in Mova's school dictionary: a round, creamy nut with a very hard shell — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a macadamia, macadamias; macadamia nuts)

meaning for a pupil

1) A macadamia is a round, creamy nut with a very hard shell. tree →

2) It is also the tree it grows on, which comes from Australia. tree →

sense in the lessons

Met in food lessons, recipes and geography of Australia; macadamia cookies are popular. Allergies matter in school.

examples

• Macadamia nuts come from Australia. tree →
• Mum baked white chocolate and macadamia cookies. tree →
• The macadamia has a very hard shell. tree →
• Macadamia trees grow in warm places like Queensland and Hawaii. tree →
• Some children are allergic to macadamias. tree →
• Macadamias are rich in oil. tree →

note

Plural: macadamias. Say «mak-a-DAY-mee-a». Nuts can cause serious allergies; check before sharing food. Macadamias are poisonous to dogs.

In the corpora

• Macadamia nuts can make dogs weak, wobbly and sick for a day or two, and nobody knows exactly why.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «macadamia» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.