5 'nuts' that you thought were nuts that are definitely not nuts by Jessica Orwig on Feb 2, 2016, 2:28 PM Advertisement
 The jig is up! For too long peanuts have masqueraded as America's favorite nut. For too long, almonds have snuck into the mixed nuts bag at your grocery. We've been foolishly snacking on 'nuts' that are definitely not nuts, and it's time to set the record straight. Here are the five most common impostors: LEARN MORE: The fascinating and terrible things that would happen to you if you tried to fly on Jupiter — and other planets SEE ALSO: Frying these foods will give you a major boost in important disease-fighting vitamins Peanuts  Most edible nuts, like pecans or hazelnuts, grow on trees. But peanuts grow in pods that mature underground and are classified as a legume, like lentils and peas.
Cashews  Technically, nuts are a type of fruit. Fruits develop from a plant's ovary, and as the ovary matures it forms a wall around the fruit. For common fruits like apples and peaches, the ovary wall is the fleshy outer skin while for nuts the ovary wall is the hard, outer shell. Cashews, on the other hand, are a seed of the cashew apple, shown here. The cashew seed is the c-shaped, greyish object at the bottom of the fruit.
Walnuts  Walnuts are another seed masquerading as a nut. Their shells mature and harden inside of a fibrous, green husk, but it's common to extract the walnut prematurely for the English delicacy pickled walnuts.
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