Dict: smith - NUTS

smith:

NUTS - N>@ - are mentioned among the good things of the things which the sons of Israel were to take as a present to Joseph in Egypt. kjv@Genesis:43:11) There can scarcely be a doubt that the Hebrew word, here denotes the fruit of the pistachio tree (Pistacia vera), for Syria and Palestine have been long famous. In (Solomon kjv@6:11) a different Hebrew word is translated "nuts." In all probability it here refers to the walnut tree . According to Josephus the walnut tree was formerly common and grew most luxuriantly around the Lake of Gennesareth.