### plant part | fruit | seed | nut:

Brazil nut
* are also high in selenium
  - an important source of dietary selenium
  - delicious and high in selenium, an essential anti-oxidant
  - especially high in selenium
  - high in both zinc and selenium
  - know for their large fruits and seeds
  - one of the richest known sources of the mineral selenium
  - rich in selenium, a powerful antioxidant
  - the best source of selenium
  - useful in the manufacturing of many hair products
  - very high in selenium which has been found to have strong anti-cancer properties
* grow in a capsule in the tops of the Brazil-nut tree.
* tend to rise to the top because smaller nuts block downward movement of the larger nuts.

Cashew
* are a good source of iron and folic acid
  - popular snack and are also used in confectionery and cooking
  - also indigenous to the Americas, but are now grown globally
  - among the most widely cultivated nut
  - native to northern South America
  - nut trees
  - part of cashews
  - plants
* become limp when added to baked goods.
* includes kernels
  - sections

### plant part | fruit | seed | nut | chestnut:

American chestnut
* Some american chestnuts produce gall.
* has a simple leaf which is highly serrate.

Chinese chestnut
* Some chinese chestnuts produce gall.
* are also a particularly good source of vitamin A
  - smaller, shrub-like, and resistant to the blight
* fall to the ground when ripe.
* is resistant to chestnut blight.

### plant part | fruit | seed | nut:

Cob
* Some cobs have plumages
  - white plumages
* includes kernels
  - sections
* is an affordable construction method that utilizes recycled materials
  - alternative building material produced by mixing earth, sand, clay, and straw with water
  - ancient construction method that was used in many parts of the world
  - organic building material made out of soil, sand, clay and straw
  - lumps, or rounded masses of earth mixed with sand and straw, by hand and foot
  - made of earth, straw and sand, and dries to a hardness similar to lean concrete
* is one of many methods for building with raw earth, the world's commonest construction material
  - the cheapest building materials imaginable
  - very resistant to weathering
* mix of dirt, sand and straw which can be made into any shape.
* mixture of clay and long-stemmed straw.
* recent arrival in the United States.
* splitting down their length is usually due to a narrow concave gap.
* traditional European building method.
* uses clay soil, sand and some straw, just like adobe bricks
  - earth, straw and sand as materials and dries to a hardness similar to lean concrete
* very low cost, but labor intensive method, to create a natural home.

Filbert
* Some filberts are ornamentals as well as nut producers.
* are birch
  - deciduous plants
  - hazelnuts
  - sensitive to herbicides
* sucker eagerly and grow as shrubs if unpruned.
* usually begin to produce nuts by the third year after planting.

Hickory nut
* are edible for humans as well as squirrels
  - edible, but take considerable effort to produce significant quantities
* begin to fall from the trees in middle to late summer.
* grow wild in the northern states.
* have a rich, buttery flavor
  - an excellent rich flavour with a buttery quality due to their high fat content
* natural green food and one of the best tasty nut varieties in China.