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Brazil nut
(gcide) | Brazil nut \Bra*zil" nut`\ (br[.a]*z[i^]l" n[u^]t`). (Bot.)
An oily, three-sided nut, the seed of the {Bertholletia
excelsa}; the cream nut.
[1913 Webster]
Note: From eighteen to twenty-four of the seeds or "nuts"
grow in a hard and nearly globular shell.
[1913 Webster] Brazil wood |
brazil nut
(wn) | brazil nut
n 1: tall South American tree bearing brazil nuts [syn: {brazil
nut}, brazil-nut tree, Bertholletia excelsa]
2: three-sided tropical American nut with white oily meat and
hard brown shell [syn: brazil nut, brazil] |
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Brazil nuts
(gcide) | Juvia \Ju"vi*a\, n. (Bot.)
A Brazilian name for the lofty myrtaceous tree ({Bertholetia
excelsa}) which produces the large seeds known as {Brazil
nuts}.
[1913 Webster] |
brazil nut
(wn) | brazil nut
n 1: tall South American tree bearing brazil nuts [syn: {brazil
nut}, brazil-nut tree, Bertholletia excelsa]
2: three-sided tropical American nut with white oily meat and
hard brown shell [syn: brazil nut, brazil] |
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