![]() Many hard nuts to crack in developing satisfactory processes - J.P.Baxter b. : a problem to be solved - often used with to crackĬommunications were a tough nut - John Dos Passos : something resembling a nut in the difficulty it represents: asĪ. : a dry indehiscent one-seeded fruit (as an acorn, hazelnut, or chestnut) with a woody pericarp developing from an inferior syncarpous ovary - see fruit illustrationĢ. (1) : a hard-shelled dry fruit or seed having a more or less distinct separable rind or shell and interior kernel or meat - used to include various forms (as peanuts and Brazil nuts) not botanically true nutsī. ![]() Etymology: Middle English nute, note, from Old English hnutu akin to Old High German nuz, hnuz nut, Old Norse hnot, Middle Irish cnū, Latin nuc-, nux
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |