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 3996 recipes in total:

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Coconut Crab Curry      Origin: New Caledonia	Coconut, Banana and Chocolate Mini Muffins (Coconut, Banana and Chocolate Mini Muffins)      Origin: Britain	Confiture de Coco (Coconut Jam)      Origin: Martinique
Coconut Crab Delight      Origin: Palau	Coconut, Cassava and Papaya Pudding      Origin: Federated States Micronesia	Confiture de Coco (Coconut Jam)      Origin: Saint Barthelemy
Coconut Crab in Coconut Milk      Origin: Pitcairn Islands	Coconut, Red Beans and Rice      Origin: Anguilla	Confiture de Tamarin (Tamarind Jam)      Origin: Senegal
Coconut Cream      Origin: India	Coconut-crusted Fish      Origin: Nauru	Congolese Chicken with Peanuts      Origin: Congo
Coconut Crust      Origin: Belize	Coconut-crusted Shrimp      Origin: Nauru	Congrejo al Coco (Coconut Crab)      Origin: Ecuador
Coconut Curry      Origin: Seychelles	Coconut-suit (Coconut Candy)      Origin: Equatorial Guinea	Conkies      Origin: Bahamas
Coconut Curry Chicken With Roti      Origin: Antigua	Cocos Islands Ayam Goreng (Malaysian-style Fried Chicken)      Origin: Cocos Islands	Conkies      Origin: Guyana
Coconut Curry Fish      Origin: Nauru	Cocos Islands Sago Pudding      Origin: Cocos Islands	Connates      Origin: England
Coconut Curry Prawns With Plantains      Origin: Antigua	Cocos Islands Turmeric Rice      Origin: Cocos Islands	Contrichop      Origin: Equatorial Guinea
Coconut Curry Salmon      Origin: Fusion	Cocos Potiedig (Potted Cockles)      Origin: Welsh	Conynges in Gravey (Rabbits in Gravy)      Origin: England
Coconut Custard Tart with Roast Pineapple      Origin: South Africa	Cocquito      Origin: Puerto Rico	Coorg Chicken Masala      Origin: India
Coconut Drops      Origin: Saint Kitts	Čokoladna Orah Torta (Chocolate Walnut Cake)      Origin: Bosnia	Copycat Duncan Hines White Cake      Origin: American
Coconut Fish      Origin: Nauru	Čokoladna Orah Torta (Chocolate Walnut Cake)      Origin: Serbia	Coq au Vin      Origin: France
Coconut Fish Curry      Origin: Fusion	Čokoladna Orah Torta (Chocolate Walnut Cake)      Origin: Croatia	Corn and Chicken Soup      Origin: China
Coconut Fish Curry II      Origin: Fusion	Čokoladna Orah Torta (Chocolate Walnut Cake)      Origin: Macedonia	Corn and Rice Bread      Origin: Angola
Coconut Ice      Origin: Britain	Čokoládové lanýže (Czech Chocolate Truffles)      Origin: Czech	Cornelian Cherry Sauce      Origin: British
Coconut Ice Cream      Origin: Philippines	Colcannon      Origin: Ireland	Cornish Black Cake      Origin: England
Coconut Latiya      Origin: Guam	Colcannon Soup      Origin: Ireland	Cornish Carrot Cake      Origin: England
Coconut Lime Chicken Curry      Origin: Cayman Islands	Cold Bruet (Cold Brewet)      Origin: England	Cornish Chicken Curry      Origin: England
Coconut Lobster      Origin: Britain	Collard Greens with Coconut Milk      Origin: East Africa	Cornish Clotted Cream Rice Pudding      Origin: England
Coconut Macaroons      Origin: Britain	Collegiate Pudding      Origin: British	Cornish Junket      Origin: Britain
Coconut Milk      Origin: Africa	Collegiate Pudding      Origin: British	Cornish Nettle Soup      Origin: England
Coconut Mousse      Origin: Nauru	Collumella's Moretum      Origin: Roman	Cornish Pig's Head Pudding      Origin: England
Coconut Peas      Origin: Rwanda	Colomba Pasquale (Easter Dove)      Origin: Italy	Cornish Pollack Curry      Origin: England
Coconut Pineapple Muffins (Coconut Pineapple Muffins)      Origin: Britain	Colombo d'Agneau à la Mauricienne (Mauritian-style Colombo of Lamb)      Origin: Mauritius	Cornish Rock Cakes      Origin: England
Coconut Pitha      Origin: Anglo-Indian	Colombo de Martinique      Origin: Martinique	Cornish Saffron Cake      Origin: England
Coconut Rice      Origin: Cocos Islands	Colourful Vegetarian Kebabs      Origin: Britain	Cornish Salt Pork      Origin: England
Coconut Rice      Origin: Christmas Island	Comadore (Fruit Pie Delicacies)      Origin: England	Cornish Sole Curry with Cauliflower Rice      Origin: England
Coconut Rough Cake      Origin: Dominica	Comfiture de Noix de Coco (Coconut Preserve)      Origin: Senegal	Cornish Store Cake      Origin: England
Coconut Rum Bread Pudding      Origin: Saint Kitts	Comorian Coconut Curry Chicken      Origin: Comoros	Cornish Tea Biscuits      Origin: England
Coconut Shrimp      Origin: Aruba	Comorian Pilaou      Origin: Comoros	Cornish Tea Treat Buns      Origin: England
Coconut Tapioca Pudding      Origin: Tuvalu	Compota de Uvas con Crujiente de Boniato (Grape Compote with Crispy Sweet Potato)      Origin: Spain	Cornish Wine Cake      Origin: England
Coconut Tart      Origin: US Virgin Islands	Conch Curry Coconut Banana Chowder      Origin: Aruba
Coconut Tart      Origin: Bonaire	Concombre cuit à l'indienne (Indian-style Cooked Cucumber)      Origin: France

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