macadamia en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /mækəˈdeɪmi.ə/ (US)
- /mækəˈdeɪmjə/ (US)
- (Southern-England) audio
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.
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) An evergreen tree, of the genus Macadamia, native to Australia and cultivated in Hawaii.
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(countable, uncountable) The fruit of this tree; the macadamia nut.
Coffee shops-cum-meeting-spots dotted across the city are teeming (Equator, Blue Bottle and Saint Frank). Caffeine-fuelled, lactose-intolerant, macadamia milk latte-drinking young folk are journalling, manifesting, coding, ChatGPT-ing and pitching their ideas.
2023 February 5, Kathryn Parsons, “Boom times are back in San Francisco’s tech mecca”, in The Sunday Times, archived from the original on 25 Apr 2026:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| macadamias | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (31)
fi macadamia (tree) · fr macadamia (tree) · hy մակադամիա (tree) · cmn 澳洲堅果 /澳洲坚果 (tree) · cmn 澳洲胡桃 (tree) · cmn 昆士蘭果 /昆士兰果 (tree) · de Macadamiabaum (tree) · sv macadamia (tree) · pt macadâmia (tree) · pl makadamia (tree) · ar مَكَادَامِيَا (tree) · ko 마카다미아 (tree) · ca macadàmia (tree) · ms kacang loceng (tree) · cmn 火山豆 (tree) · fi makadamia (tree) · cmn 夏威夷果 (tree) · vi mắc ca (tree) · cmn 夏威夷豆 (tree) · ru австрали́йский оре́х (tree) · cmn 昆士蘭栗 /昆士兰栗 (tree) · sv macadamiaträd (tree) · cs makadamie (tree) · nl macadamia (tree) · da macademiatræ (tree) · ar مَاكَادَامِيَا (tree) · da macademia (tree) · ru макада́мия (tree) · es macadamia (tree) · ja マカダミアナッツ (tree) · cmn 澳大利亞堅果 /澳大利亚坚果 (tree)
wikipedia: John Macadam · wikipedia: Royal Society of Victoria