Brazil-nut meaning
A tropical South American evergreen tree (Bertholletia excelsa) having large round woody fruits containing edible oily three-sided seeds.
noun
The seed of this tree.
noun
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.
noun
This seed.
noun
Bertholletia excelsa, a tree native to tropical South America.
noun
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The nut produced by this tree.
noun
Origin of brazil-nut
- After Brazil
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition