What is the inside of a nut called?

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Alternate terms include "kernel" or "seed" or, well, "nut". If you were to ask a botanist, the edible part is the embryo and the endosperm, though it varies depending on which type of seed you're referring to.

Why is the inside of a nut called meat?

Why are the contents of nuts called nut meats? Until about 1300 the term 'meat' referred to any solid food, and 'drink' to liquid food. Around that year, 'meat' began to be used to refer to the flesh of animals.

What do you call the part of the nut that you eat?

A nut is a fruit consisting of a hard or tough nutshell protecting a kernel which is usually edible. In general usage and in a culinary sense, a wide variety of dry seeds are called nuts, but in a botanical context "nut" implies that the shell does not open to release the seed (indehiscent).

Are nuts seeds or fruit?

Nuts are actually fruits. They are defined as dry, single-seeded fruits that have high oil content. They are usually enclosed in a leathery or solid outer layer. In botany terms, nuts are strictly a particular kind of dry fruit that has a single seed, a hard shell, and a protective husk.

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Fruits called Nuts? What is actually a nut?

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