- a gigantic (30-45 m or 100-150 ft) South American tree (Bertholletia excelsa) of the lecythis family, which bears hard-shelled, triangular, oily, edible seeds that grow in large, round, hard-shelled fruits
- this seed
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Brazil nut
noun
- A tropical South American evergreen tree (Bertholletia excelsa) having large round woody fruits containing edible oily three-sided seeds.
- The seed of this tree.
Origin of Brazil nut
After Brazil
Brazil nut
fruit capsule(background) and opened capsule (foreground) exposing hard-shelled seeds
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Noun
(plural brazil nuts)
- Bertholletia excelsa, a tree native to tropical South America.
- The nut produced by this tree.
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