beechnut

English Thesaurus

1. small sweet triangular nut of any of various beech trees (noun.food)

hypernym	:	edible nut,
definition	:	a hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell (noun.food)

part meronym	:	beech, beech tree,
definition	:	any of several large deciduous trees with rounded spreading crowns and smooth grey bark and small sweet edible triangular nuts enclosed in burs; north temperate regions (noun.plant)