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macadamia

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • US: /mækəˈdeɪmi.ə/
  • US: /mækəˈdeɪmjə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪmiə
  • CMU ARPABET: M AE2 K AH0 D EY1 M IY0 AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The fruit of this tree; the macadamia nut.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bauple

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

any tree of the genus Macadamia

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: macadamia tree

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: nut tree

Narrower terms: Macadamia integrifolia, macadamia nut, macadamia nut tree, Macadamia ternifolia, Queensland nut, Macadamia tetraphylla

History

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.

Across languages

Translations

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مَاكَادَامِيَا (mākādāmiyā) — tree
  • Arabic: مَكَادَامِيَا (makādāmiyā) — tree
  • Armenian: մակադամիա (makadamia) — tree
  • Catalan: macadàmia — tree
  • Chinese Mandarin: 澳大利亞堅果 /澳大利亚坚果 (Àodàlìyà jiānguǒ) — tree
  • Chinese Mandarin: 澳洲堅果 /澳洲坚果 (Àozhōu jiānguǒ) — tree
  • Chinese Mandarin: 夏威夷果 (Xiàwēiyíguǒ) — tree
  • Chinese Mandarin: 夏威夷豆 (Xiàwēiyídòu) — tree
  • Chinese Mandarin: 澳洲胡桃 (Àozhōu hútáo) — tree
  • Chinese Mandarin: 昆士蘭栗 /昆士兰栗 (Kūnshìlánlì) — tree
  • Chinese Mandarin: 昆士蘭果 /昆士兰果 (Kūnshìlánguǒ) — tree
  • Chinese Mandarin: 火山豆 (huǒshāndòu) — tree
  • Czech: makadamie — tree
  • Danish: macademia — tree
  • Danish: macademiatræ — tree
  • Dutch: macadamia — tree
  • Finnish: makadamia — tree
  • Finnish: macadamia — tree
  • French: macadamia — tree
  • German: Macadamiabaum — tree
  • Japanese: マカダミアナッツ — tree
  • Korean: 마카다미아 (makadamia) — tree
  • Malay: kacang loceng — tree
  • Polish: makadamia — tree
  • Portuguese: macadâmia — tree
  • Russian: макада́мия (makadámija) — tree
  • Russian: австрали́йский оре́х (avstralíjskij oréx) — tree
  • Spanish: macadamia — tree
  • Swedish: macadamia — tree
  • Swedish: macadamiaträd — tree
  • Vietnamese: mắc ca — tree