Definition of Brazil nut

1. Noun. Tall South American tree bearing brazil nuts.

Exact synonyms: Bertholletia Excelsa, Brazil-nut Tree
Terms within: Brazil
Group relationships: Bertholletia, Genus Bertholletia
Generic synonyms: Nut Tree

2. Noun. Three-sided tropical American nut with white oily meat and hard brown shell.
Exact synonyms: Brazil
Generic synonyms: Edible Nut
Group relationships: Bertholletia Excelsa, Brazil-nut Tree

Medical Definition of Brazil nut

1. An oily, three-sided nut, the seed of the Bertholletia excelsa; the cream nut. From eighteen to twenty-four of the seed or "nuts" grow in a hard and nearly globular shell. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Brazil Nut

Brazilian monetary unit
Brazilian pemphigus
Brazilian pepper tree
Brazilian potato tree
Brazilian purpuric fever
Brazilian rosewood
Brazilian spotted fever
Brazilian trumpeter
brazilin
brazilin
brazilins
brazils
brazilwood
brazilwoods
brazil nut (current term)
brazil nut (current term)
Brazil wax
brazil wood
brazing
Brazos
Brazos River
Brazzaville
BRCA1
BRCA1 breast cancer susceptibility gene
BRCA1 protein
BrDu
BrDu-banding
breach
breach
breached

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