brazil
brazil
Definition
bra·zil (brə zil′)
noun
- brazilwood
- 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
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.
Browse dictionary entries near brazil
- Brazil nut
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- brazilin
- brazilwood
- Brazos
- Brazzaville
- BRB
- BRE
- breach
- breach of contract
