Most seeds come from fruit that naturally free themselves from the shell, but this is not the case in nuts such as hazelnuts, chestnuts, and acorns, which have hard shell walls and originate from a compound ovary. The general and original usage of the term is less restrictive, and many nuts (in the culinary sense), such as almonds, pistachios, and Brazil nuts, are not nuts in a botanical sense. Common usage of the term often refers to any hard-walled, edible kernel as a nut. Nuts are an energy-dense and nutrient-rich food source.

Botanically, a nut is a fruit with a woody pericarp developing from a syncarpous gynoecium. True nuts include, for example, chestnut, hazelnut and filbert. Culinarily, the term 'nut' is used much more widely, and includes examples of drupes (such as pecans and almonds) or seeds (such as pine nuts and peanuts).

Also widely known as nuts are dry drupes, which include pecans, almonds, macadamia (Macadamia integrifolia), candlenut (Aleurites moluccanus) and the water caltrop (Trapa bicornis). A drupe is an indehiscent fruit that has an outer fleshy part consisting of the exocarp, or skin, and mesocarp, or flesh, which surround a single pit or stone, the endocarp with a seed (kernel) inside. In a dry drupe, the outer parts dry up and the remaining husk is part of the ovary wall or pericarp, and the hard inner wall surrounding the seed represents the inner part of the pericarp.

Walnuts and hickories (Juglandaceae) have fruit that are difficult to classify. They are considered to be nuts under some definitions but are also referred to as drupaceous nuts.

In common use, a "tree nut" is, as the name implies, any nut coming from a tree. This most often comes up regarding food allergies; a person may be allergic specifically to peanuts (which are not tree nuts but legumes), whereas others may be allergic to the wider range of nuts that grow on trees.

The sweet potato arrived in Europe with the Columbian exchange. It is recorded, for example, in Elinor Fettiplace's Receipt Book, compiled in England in 1604.

Nuts are eaten by humans and wildlife. Because nuts generally have a high oil content, they are a significant energy source. Many seeds are edible by humans and used in cooking, eaten raw, sprouted, or roasted as a snack food, ground to make nut butters, or pressed for oil that is used in cooking and cosmetics.

Nuts used for food are a common source of food allergens. Reactions can range from mild symptoms to severe ones, a condition known as anaphylaxis, which can be life-threatening. The reaction is due to the release of histamine by the body in response to an allergen in the nuts, causing skin and other possible reactions. Many experts suggest that a person with an allergy to peanuts should avoid eating tree nuts, and vice versa.

The nuts linked to from this page are: acorn; almond; beech nuts; betel nut; brazil nut; bush mango; filbert; ginkgo nut; kola nut; candlenut; cashew; chestnut; coconut; hazelnut; macadamia; ogbono; palm nut; peanut; pecan; pine nut; pistachio; walnut.

The alphabetical list of all the nut-based recipes on this site follows, (limited to 100 recipes per page). There are 4197 recipes in total:

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Cinnamon Spiced Jollof Rice      Origin: Sierra Leone	Coconut Candy      Origin: Liberia	Coconut Lobster      Origin: Britain
Cinnamon Stars      Origin: Britain	Coconut Caramel Fudge with Wild Flour      Origin: Britain	Coconut Macaroons      Origin: Britain
Cinq Centimes (Five-cent Biscuit)      Origin: Senegal	Coconut Chickpea Curry with Spinach      Origin: Britain	Coconut Milk      Origin: Africa
Citrusy Ripe Breadfruit Cake      Origin: Saint Lucia	Coconut Chickpea Dumpling Curry      Origin: Britain	Coconut Mousse      Origin: Nauru
Civet de Sanglier aux Champignons, Châtaignes et Chorizo (Wild Boar Stew with Mushrooms, Chestnuts and Chorizo Sausage)      Origin: France	Coconut Chocolate Cheesecake      Origin: American	Coconut Peas      Origin: Rwanda
Clafoutis aux Fleurs Sauvages (Wildflower Clafouti)      Origin: France	Coconut Chutney      Origin: India	Coconut Pineapple Muffins (Coconut Pineapple Muffins)      Origin: Britain
Clapshot      Origin: Scotland	Coconut Collard Greens      Origin: Puerto Rico	Coconut Pitha      Origin: Anglo-Indian
Classic Rice Pudding      Origin: Britain	Coconut Crab Curry      Origin: Christmas Island	Coconut Rice      Origin: Cocos Islands
Clementine Cake      Origin: Britain	Coconut Crab Curry      Origin: Solomon Islands	Coconut Rice      Origin: Christmas Island
Clitocybe Odora Fritta (Fried, Breaded, Aniseed Toadstool)      Origin: Italy	Coconut Crab Curry      Origin: Niue	Coconut Rough Cake      Origin: Dominica
Clotted Cream Splits      Origin: England	Coconut Crab Curry      Origin: Cocos Islands	Coconut Rum Bread Pudding      Origin: Saint Kitts
Cobnut Fairy Cakes      Origin: Britain	Coconut Crab Curry      Origin: Palau	Coconut Shrimp      Origin: Aruba
Cobnut Pesto      Origin: Britain	Coconut Crab Curry      Origin: Vanuatu	Coconut Soup      Origin: British
Cobnut Stuffing      Origin: Britain	Coconut Crab Curry      Origin: Pitcairn Islands	Coconut Tapioca Pudding      Origin: Tuvalu
Cobnut Stuffing for Goose      Origin: Britain	Coconut Crab Curry      Origin: New Caledonia	Coconut Tart      Origin: US Virgin Islands
Cobnut, Ginger, and Plum Cake      Origin: Britain	Coconut Crab Delight      Origin: Palau	Coconut Tart      Origin: Bonaire
Cobnut, Pear and Sticky Toffee Tart      Origin: England	Coconut Crab in Coconut Milk      Origin: Pitcairn Islands	Coconut, Banana and Chocolate Mini Muffins (Coconut, Banana and Chocolate Mini Muffins)      Origin: Britain
Coca de San Juan (St James Cake)      Origin: Spain	Coconut Cream      Origin: India	Coconut, Cassava and Papaya Pudding      Origin: Federated States Micronesia
Coca Mallorquina (Spanish Pizza)      Origin: Spain	Coconut Crust      Origin: Belize	Coconut, Red Beans and Rice      Origin: Anguilla
Cocada Amarela (Yellow Coconut Pudding)      Origin: Angola	Coconut Curry      Origin: Seychelles	Coconut-crusted Fish      Origin: Nauru
Cocadas (Coconut Bars)      Origin: Ecuador	Coconut Curry Chicken With Roti      Origin: Antigua	Coconut-crusted Shrimp      Origin: Nauru
Cocktail de Crevettes (Senegalese Prawn Cocktail)      Origin: Senegal	Coconut Curry Fish      Origin: Nauru	Coconut-suit (Coconut Candy)      Origin: Equatorial Guinea
Cocoa Cobnuts      Origin: Britain	Coconut Curry Prawns With Plantains      Origin: Antigua	Cocos Islands Ayam Goreng (Malaysian-style Fried Chicken)      Origin: Cocos Islands
Cocoa Nib Curried King Prawns      Origin: American	Coconut Curry Salmon      Origin: Fusion	Cocos Islands Sago Pudding      Origin: Cocos Islands
Cocoa Pistachio Pinwheels      Origin: American	Coconut Custard Tart with Roast Pineapple      Origin: South Africa	Cocos Islands Turmeric Rice      Origin: Cocos Islands
Cocoda (Aruban Coconut Candy)      Origin: Aruba	Coconut Drops      Origin: Saint Kitts	Cocos Potiedig (Potted Cockles)      Origin: Welsh
Coconetes (Dominican Rustic Coconut Biscuits)      Origin: Dominica	Coconut Fish      Origin: Nauru	Cocquito      Origin: Puerto Rico
Coconut and Apricot Fudge Squares      Origin: New Zealand	Coconut Fish Curry      Origin: Fusion	Cod à la Mâitre d'Hôtel      Origin: British
Coconut and Mango Cheesecake      Origin: Britain	Coconut Fish Curry II      Origin: Fusion	Cod Pie II      Origin: British
Coconut and Maraschino Cherry Cake      Origin: Britain	Coconut Ginger Smoothie      Origin: American	Cod Sounds en Poule      Origin: British
Coconut Bean Rice      Origin: Nigeria	Coconut Ice      Origin: Britain	Čokoladna Orah Torta (Chocolate Walnut Cake)      Origin: Bosnia
Coconut Biscuits      Origin: Philippines	Coconut Ice Cream      Origin: Philippines	Čokoladna Orah Torta (Chocolate Walnut Cake)      Origin: Serbia
Coconut Biscuits      Origin: Macau	Coconut Latiya      Origin: Guam
Coconut Bread Pudding      Origin: St Helena	Coconut Lime Chicken Curry      Origin: Cayman Islands

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