'Bertholletia excelsa' definitions:
Definition of 'Bertholletia excelsa'
(from WordNet)
noun
Tall South American tree bearing brazil nuts [syn: brazil nut, brazil-nut tree, Bertholletia excelsa]
Definition of 'Bertholletia excelsa'
From: GCIDE
- Brazil nut \Bra*zil" nut`\ (br[.a]*z[i^]l" n[u^]t`). (Bot.) An oily, three-sided nut, the seed of the {Bertholletia excelsa}; the cream nut. [1913 Webster]
- Note: From eighteen to twenty-four of the seeds or "nuts" grow in a hard and nearly globular shell. [1913 Webster] Brazil wood