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macadamia|mækəˈdeɪmɪə|
[mod.L. (F. von Mueller 1858, in Trans. Phil. Inst. Victoria II. 72), f. the name of John Macadam (1827–65), Scottish-born chemist, who was secretary of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria at that time.]
An evergreen tree of the Australian genus so called, of the family Proteaceæ, esp. Macadamia ternifolia, the Queensland nut, which bears white-fleshed nuts in hard shells. Also attrib.
1904J. H. Maiden Forest Flora New South Wales I. 217 Mr. Betche and I described a Macadamia..from Camden Haven, N.S.W. 1929M. D. Frear Our Familiar Island Trees 64 Perhaps the best of these [recent introductions to Hawaii] is the Macadamia Nut, sometimes called the Queensland Nut from its native habitat. 1949S. A. Clark All the Best in Hawaii xx. 207 Macadamia nuts call for special pause and explanation, for mainlanders seem rarely to have heard of them... A man named E. W. Jordan brought some of these nuts from Tasmania to Honolulu about the year 1890. Ibid. 208 Some smooth-leaf varieties of macadamia produce smaller and less sweet nuts. As a delicacy..macadamia nuts, salted and bottled, have hardly three decades of history... Several Honolulu concerns ship bottled macadamias anywhere. 1955W. Gaddis Recognitions ii. i. 295 She returned to her desk..took a macadamia nut from the jar. 1963Economist 14 Dec. 1198/3 Oils are available..from..macadamia nuts. 1969Coast to Coast 1967–68 4 He could hear the familiar morning sounds through that hush,..the sow's demanding squeals, the butcher-birds and magpies in the macadamia-trees. 1970Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 23 Dec. 4/1 Economies [made by United Air Lines] have ranged from cancelling routes..and ceasing to serve macadamia nuts—a Hawaiian delicacy—with drinks. |