'Brazil nut' definitions:

Definition of 'brazil nut'

From: WordNet
noun
Tall South American tree bearing brazil nuts [syn: brazil nut, brazil-nut tree, Bertholletia excelsa]
noun
Three-sided tropical American nut with white oily meat and hard brown shell [syn: brazil nut, brazil]

Definition of 'Brazil nut'

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

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