BRAZIL NUT


Meaning of BRAZIL NUT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ brə-ˈzil- ]

noun

Etymology: Brazil, South America

Date: 1830

: a tall South American tree ( Bertholletia excelsa of the family Lecythidaceae) that bears large globular capsules each containing several closely packed roughly triangular oily edible nuts ; also : its nut

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.