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brazil Definition

bra·zil (brə zil′)

noun

  1. brazilwood
  2. a red or blue dye from this wood

Etymology: ME brasile < Sp & Port brasil; prob. ult. (because of color) < Gmc *brasa: see braise

Brazil Definition

Bra·zil (brə zil′)

country in central & NE South America, on the Atlantic: declared independence from Portugal (1822): 3,286,485 sq mi (8,511,963 sq km); pop. 146,155,000; cap. Brasília

Etymology: Port, short for terra de brasil, land of brazilwood: see brazil

Brazil Related Forms
Bra·zil′·ian (-yən) adjective, noun
brazil Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • arrange: Each ripe pod contains many brazils arranged like the segments of an orange.
  • contain: Each ripe pod contains many brazils arranged like the segments of an orange.

Modifies a noun

  • nut: A gene from brazil nuts was inserted into the soya to improve the protein quality of the bean.
  • wood: First was the brazil wood cycle that would cut this valuable tree destroying in the process 6,000 sq. km of the forest.
  • game: I like to add Juninho who playing in the brazil game in the midfield he also plays for lyon.
  • team: Harvz are you telling me that glen johnson could get into the brazil team?
  • japan: Jun 22 2006, 07:48 PM nevski is no one watching the brazil japan game?
  • gene: A Brazil nut allergen was identified in soya bean genetically engineered with a brazil nut gene ( Nordlee et al, 1996 ).
Brazil Quotes

Science fiction, like Brazil, is where the nuts come from. SeeThomas 852:53.

—Disch,Thomas M(ichael)

Browse dictionary entries near brazil

  1. ‹ brazier
  2. ‹ brazenfaced
  3. ‹ brazen
  4. ‹ braze
  5. ‹ Braz
  6. ‹ brayer
  7. ‹ bray
  8. ‹ braxy
  9. ‹ brawny
  10. ‹ brawn
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