macadamia

English

Macadamia
Macadamia nut

Wikispecies

Etymology

From New Latin Macadamia.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /mækəˈdeɪmi.ə/, /mækəˈdeɪmjə/
  • Rhymes: -eɪmiə

Noun

macadamia (countable and uncountable, plural macadamias)

  1. An evergreen tree, of the genus Macadamia, native to Australia and cultivated in Hawaii.
  2. The fruit of this tree; the macadamia nut.

Translations

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Macadamia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.kaˈda.mja/
  • Rhymes: -amja
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ca‧dà‧mia

Noun

macadamia f (plural macadamie)

  1. any plant of the Macadamia taxonomic genus

Adjective

macadamia (invariable)

  1. (relational) Only used in noce macadamia

Further reading

  • macadamia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /makaˈdamja/ [ma.kaˈð̞a.mja]
  • Rhymes: -amja
  • Syllabification: ma‧ca‧da‧mia

Noun

macadamia f (plural macadamias)

  1. macadamia
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