Grove Spelling Dictionary
a doubled consonant

maccadamia

graft: letter 3
Writtenmacadamia

mak-uh-DAY-mee-uh

One c. The first syllable is short and could plausibly take a doubled consonant under the usual English rule, but surnames are not subject to it. Macadam was written with one c and the genus copied it letter for letter.

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