nutshell

Fruits and vegetables were available at the time according to the discovery on the same site of fruit stones, 'nutshells' and more stools containing leeks and other vegetable matter.

Soon their way veered from the shoreline, and they walked under large canopies of beech trees that dropped 'nutshells' at their feet.

Similarly, hickory, walnut, and acorn 'nutshells' have been recovered from Late Paleoindian and Early Archaic contexts at the Hester site, Smith's Ferry, Pickens County, and Rodgers Shelter.

It is made from the luohan guo, a round brown fruit with crisp 'nutshells' .

Notably, however, the remains present are fruit stones and 'nutshells' , items that would have been discarded during the final preparation of a meal or at the time of consumption.