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macadamia

/mækəˈdeɪmi.ə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.53 in modern English

Syllables
macadamia
IPA
/mækəˈdeɪmi.ə/
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
5
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An evergreen tree, of the genus Macadamia, native to Australia and cultivated in Hawaii.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The fruit of this tree; the macadamia nut.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *makkʷos Primitive Irish ᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔ (maqqi) Old Irish macc Middle Irish mac Scottish Gaelic mac Proto-Semitic *ʔadam- Hebrew אָדָםbor. Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám)bor. Latin Ādāmder. Old Irish Ádam Scottish Gaelic Àdhamh Scottish Gaelic Mac Àdhaimhder. English MacAdamder. Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. English -iader. English macadamia From the genus name Macadamia, coined by the German-Australian botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in 1857, in honor of John Macadam, whose surname is an alternative spelling of MacAdam, from Scottish Gaelic Mac Àdhaimh (“Adam's son”). By surface analysis, Mac- + Adam + -ia.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /mækəˈdeɪmi.ə/

Usage

Inflected Forms

macadamias (plural)

Synonyms

bauple macadamia tree

Rhymes With

mesopotamia lamia calamia framea

Questions

How do you pronounce macadamia?
The recorded pronunciation is /mækəˈdeɪmi.ə/.
What does macadamia mean?
An evergreen tree, of the genus Macadamia, native to Australia and cultivated in Hawaii.
Where does macadamia come from?
It is traced to Scottish Gaelic.

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