About The Word Brazil nut
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Brazil nut
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What's The Definition Of Brazil nut?
[n] three-sided tropical American nut with white oily meat and hard brown shell
[n] tall South American tree bearing brazil nuts Synonyms | Synonyms for Brazil nut: Bertholletia excelsa | brazil | brazil-nut tree Related Terms | Find terms related to Brazil nut: See Also | Bertholletia | Bertholletia excelsa | brazil | brazil nut | brazil nut | brazil-nut tree | edible nut | genus Bertholletia | nut tree Brazil nut In Webster's Dictionary \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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