Are macadamia nuts tree nuts or seeds?
                                
                                
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                                Botanically, macadamia nuts are the seeds of the fruit of the macadamia tree, not true nuts in the scientific sense. Despite this distinction, the culinary and medical worlds almost universally classify them as tree nuts due to their growth habit, culinary uses, and allergy risks.