Meaning Of The Word Brazil nut

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brazil nut
countable noun: Brazil nuts are large nuts with a woody shell that grow on trees in South America and that you can eat.

Brazil nut in American English
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: the three-sided, hard-shelled edible seed of the tree Bertholletia excelsa and related species, of South America

brazil nut in British English
noun: a tropical South American tree, Bertholletia excelsa, producing large globular capsules, each containing several closely packed triangular nuts: family Lecythidaceae

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