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BRAZIL NUT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Three-sided tropical American nut with white oily meat and hard brown shell

Synonyms:

brazil; brazil nut

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("brazil nut" is a kind of...):

edible nut (a hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell)

Holonyms ("brazil nut" is a part of...):

Bertholletia excelsa; brazil-nut tree; brazil nut (tall South American tree bearing brazil nuts)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Tall South American tree bearing brazil nuts

Synonyms:

Bertholletia excelsa; brazil-nut tree; brazil nut

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("brazil nut" is a kind of...):

nut tree (tree bearing edible nuts)

Meronyms (parts of "brazil nut"):

brazil; brazil nut (three-sided tropical American nut with white oily meat and hard brown shell)

Holonyms ("brazil nut" is a member of...):

Bertholletia; genus Bertholletia (brazil nut)

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