'Caryocar nuciferum' definitions:
Definition of 'Caryocar nuciferum'
(from WordNet)
noun
Large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil [syn: souari, souari nut, souari tree, Caryocar nuciferum]
Definition of 'Caryocar nuciferum'
From: GCIDE
- Souari nut \Sou*a"ri nut`\ (Bot.) The large edible nutlike seed of a tall tropical American tree (Caryocar nuciferum) of the same natural order with the tea plant; -- also called butternut. [Written also sawarra nut.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Caryocar nuciferum'
From: GCIDE
- Butternut \But"ter*nut`\, n.
- 1. (Bot.) An American tree (Juglans cinerea) of the Walnut family, and its edible fruit; -- so called from the oil contained in the latter. Sometimes called oil nut and white walnut. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Bot.) The nut of the Caryocar butyrosum and {Caryocar nuciferum}, of S. America; -- called also Souari nut. [1913 Webster]