"Default User" > wrote in message
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> Peter Aitken wrote:
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> > I do not think that pine nuts are really nuts in the sense that cashews,
> > pecans, etc. are.
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> Interestingly, cashews and pecans aren't nuts either.
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I am quite surprised to find that you are half right. Pecans are in fact
nuts according to the botanical definition while cashews to my surprise are
not - they are seeds.

True nuts include acorn, chestnut, hazelnut, pecan, walnut.

Not true nuts: almonds, brazil nuts, cashew, peanut, pine nut.

http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/nut-(seed)

Peter Aitken