neckar nut

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

  Nicker nut \Nick"er nut`\
     A rounded seed, rather smaller than a nutmeg, having a hard
     smooth shell, and a yellowish or bluish color. The seeds grow
     in the prickly pods of tropical, woody climbers of the genus
     Caesalpinia. Caesalpinia Bonduc has yellowish seeds;
     Caesalpinia Bonducella, bluish gray. [Spelt also neckar nut
     , nickar nut.]
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  Neckar nut \Neck"ar nut`\ (Bot.)
     See Nicker nut.
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