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Definition of Genus Bertholletia
1. Noun. Brazil nut.
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Family Lecythidaceae, Lecythidaceae
Member holonyms: Bertholletia Excelsa, Brazil Nut, Brazil-nut Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Bertholletia
Literary usage of Genus Bertholletia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Empire of Brazil at the Universal Exhibition of 1876 in Philadelphia by Brazil (1876)
"in the genus Bertholletia, the Castanha do Maranhao (the Brazil nut) an important
article of exportation in Para; in the genus Lecythis, several kinds of ..."
2. Life of Alexander Von Humboldt: Compiled in Commemoration of the Centenary by Julius Löwenberg, Robert Avé-Lallemant, Alfred Wilhelm Dove (1873)
"The genus Bertholletia was so named by Humboldt and Bonpland in honour of
Berthollet, of which the grandest species—Bertholletia excelsa—is the ..."
3. Alexander von Humboldt: Eine wissenschaftliche Biographie by Robert Avé-Lallemant (1872)
"Nach Berthollet benannten Humboldt und Bonpland das genus Bertholletia, dessen
grösster Repräsentant die Bertholletia excelsa, ..."
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