brazil nut

2 definitions found

brazil nut - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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

brazil nut - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  brazil nut
      n 1: tall South American tree bearing brazil nuts [syn: brazil nut
           , brazil-nut tree, Bertholletia excelsa]
      2: three-sided tropical American nut with white oily meat and
         hard brown shell [syn: brazil nut, brazil]