hard-shelled
1.small hard-shelled nut of North American hickory trees especially the shagbark hickories.
2.An annual vine(Lagenaria siceraria) having white flowers and smooth, large, hard-shelled gourds.
3.smooth-barked North American hickory with 7 to 9 leaflets bearing a hard-shelled edible nut.
4.An indehiscent, hard-shelled, one-loculated, one-seeded fruit, such as an acorn or a hazelnut.
5.A Brazilian feather-leaved palm(Orbignya barbosiana) having hard-shelled fruits whose seeds yield an edible vegetable oil.
6.a hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
7.A tropical American tree(Crescentia cujete) bearing hard-shelled, gourdlike fruits on the trunk and main branches.
8.tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory.
9.The large, brown, hard-shelled seed of the coconut, containing white flesh surrounding a partially fluid-filled central cavity.
10.A tropical African tree(Adansonia digitata) having a swollen trunk that stores water, palmately compound leaves, and long, hanging, hard-shelled fruits.
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