Brazil nut
noun
the three-sided, hard-shelled edible seed of the tree Bertholletia excelsa and related species, of South America.
Origin of Brazil nut
First recorded in 1820–30
Example sentences from the Web for brazil nut
We're now aground on the branches of a sapucaya,—a species of the Brazil-nut, and among the tallest of Amazonian trees.
British Dictionary definitions for brazil nut
brazil nut
noun
a tropical South American tree, Bertholletia excelsa, producing large globular capsules, each containing several closely packed triangular nuts: family Lecythidaceae
the nut of this tree, having an edible oily kernel and a woody shell
Often shortened to:
brazil