pichurim bean

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pichurim bean - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Pichurim bean \Pich"u*rim bean`\ (p[i^]ch"[-u]*r[i^]m b[=e]n`).
     (Bot.)
     The seed of a Brazilian lauraceous tree (Nectandra Puchury)
     of a taste and smell between those of nutmeg and of
     sassafras, -- sometimes used medicinally. Called also
     sassafras nut.
     [1913 Webster]