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Brazil Nut

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Noun

1. bertholletia excelsa, brazil nut, brazil-nut tree

tall South American tree bearing brazil nuts

2. brazil, brazil nut

three-sided tropical American nut with white oily meat and hard brown shell

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Brazil Nut

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noun
1. 
a tropical South American tree, Bertholletia excelsa, producing large globular capsules, each containing several closely packed triangular nuts: family Lecythidaceae
2. 
the nut of this tree, having an edible oily kernel and a woody shell

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Brazil Nut

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1. 
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
2. 
this seed

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Brazil Nut

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n.
1. A tropical South American evergreen tree (Bertholletia excelsa) having large round woody fruits containing edible oily three-sided seeds.
2. The seed of this tree.

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