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-- Nut
buoy. See under Buoy. -- Nut
coal, screened coal of a size smaller than stove coal
and larger than pea coal; -- called also chestnut coal. -
- Nut crab (Zoöl.), any leucosoid
crab of the genus Ebalia as, Ebalia tuberosa of
Europe. -- Nut grass (Bot.), a
plant of the Sedge family (Cyperus rotundus, var.
Hydra), which has slender rootstocks bearing small, nutlike
tubers, by which the plant multiplies exceedingly, especially in
cotton fields. -- Nut lock, a device, as a
metal plate bent up at the corners, to prevent a nut from becoming
unscrewed, as by jarring. -- Nut pine.
(Bot.) See under Pine. -- Nut
rush (Bot.), a genus of cyperaceous plants
(Scleria) having a hard bony achene. Several species are
found in the United States and many more in tropical regions. --
Nut tree, a tree that bears nuts. --
Nut weevil (Zoöl.), any species of
weevils of the genus Balaninus and other allied genera, which
in the larval state live in nuts.

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