Thesaurus: brazil nut
An oily, three-sided nut, the seed of the Bertholletia excelsa; the cream nut.
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- An oily, three-sided nut, the seed of the Bertholletia excelsa; the cream nut.
- n. tall South American tree bearing brazil nuts
- n. three-sided tropical American nut with white oily meat and hard brown shell
- An oily, three-sided nut, the seed of the Bertholletia excelsa; the cream nut. Note: From eighteen to twenty-four of the seed or "nuts" grow in a hard and nearly globular shell.
- An oily, three-sided nut, the seed of the Bertholletia excelsa;the cream nut.