Yes, commonly the word nut is used for any seed or fruit having an edible kernel surrounded by a hard or brittle covering.
No, not all nuts have shells. Some nuts, like almonds and cashews, have a shell-like structure called a hull that needs to be removed before the nut is edible. Other nuts, like peanuts, have a thin outer shell that is typically removed before consumption.
Cashew "nuts" are not true nuts. They have no shell.
You can identify nuts by their shell based on their size, shape, texture, and color. Each type of nut has a distinct shell that can help you recognize it.
On occasion you can get a peanut shell that contains one or even four nuts. But one and two nuts per shell are the most common.
Nuts are a type of seed, but not all seeds are nuts. Nuts are a specific type of seed that is enclosed in a hard shell, while seeds can refer to a wider variety of plant reproductive structures.
Nutmeats refers to nuts with the shell removed.
No, not all true nuts grow on trees. True nuts are botanical fruits composed of a hard outer shell surrounding an edible seed. While many true nuts like acorns and chestnuts grow on trees, others like hazelnuts grow on shrubs.
They will not make you sick at all and are of no harm to you. Very common in most in shell nuts you have probably had them before now knowing.
This is one type of fruit which grows underground, while stem and leaf grow aground. The peanut has shell like the shape "8"
Yes, doesn't hurt a thing.
There are usually 2 peanuts to a shell, though there can be 1 or 3 or even 4 of the "nuts" in a shell.By the way, peanuts are not really nuts. They are legumes, as are beans and peas.
The nut with the hardest shell is the macadamia nut. It is difficult to crack because the edible part is stuck to the inside of the shell.