Meaning of BRAZIL NUT
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] three-sided tropical American nut with white oily meat and hard brown shell
- [n] tall South American tree bearing brazil nuts
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| | Synonyms: | | Bertholletia excelsa, brazil, brazil-nut tree |
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| | See Also: | | Bertholletia, Bertholletia excelsa, brazil, brazil nut, brazil nut, brazil-nut tree, edible nut, genus Bertholletia, nut tree | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Bra*zil" nut`\ (Bot.)
An oily, three-sided nut, the seed of the {Bertholletia
excelsa}; the cream nut.
Note: From eighteen to twenty-four of the seed or ``nuts''
grow in a hard and nearly globular shell.
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