Botanically, a nut is a dry fruit encased within a hard shell, containing a single seed. The hard shell doesn’t split open ...

Botanically, a nut is a fruit with a hard, woody shell and an edible seed inside, such as acorns and chestnuts. However, in ...

usually surrounded by a hard or brittle shell. Rather like an egg is to a new chick, a nut helps a new plant to grow thanks to its power-pack of nutrition, which is why nuts are so full of goodness.