nuts
adj : informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to
drive my husband balmy" [syn: balmy, barmy, bats,
batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft,
dotty, fruity, haywire, kooky, kookie, loco,
loony, loopy, nutty, round the bend, around
the bend, wacky, whacky]
Nuts
were among the presents Jacob sent into Egypt for the purpose of
conciliating Joseph (Gen. 43:11). This was the fruit of the
pistachio tree, which resembles the sumac. It is of the size of
an olive. In Cant. 6:11 a different Hebrew word ('egoz), which
means "walnuts," is used.