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Webster 1913 Edition

Brazil nut

Bra-zil′ nutˊ

(brȧ-zĭl′ nŭtˊ)

.

(Bot.)

An oily, three-sided nut, the seed of the

Bertholletia excelsa

; the cream nut.

☞ From eighteen to twenty-four of the seeds or “nuts” grow in a hard and nearly globular shell.