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| brazil nut | <botany> 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) |
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| Brazil wax | A wax obtained from the Brazilian wax palm, Copernica cerifera; used in pharmaceuticals to coat medicaments in sustained release preparations and surfaces of tablets; used in waxes for wood and metal. Synonym: Brazil wax, palm wax. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| brazil wood | 1. The wood of the oriental Caesalpinia Sapan; so called before the discovery of America. 2. A very heavy wood of a reddish colour, imported from Brazil and other tropical countries, for cabinet-work, and for dyeing. The best is the heartwood of Caesalpinia echinata, a leguminous tree; but other trees also yield it. An interior sort comes from Jamaica, the timber of C. Braziliensis and C. Crista. This is often distinguished as Braziletto, but the better kind is also frequently so named. Origin: OE. Brasil, LL. Brasile (cf. Pg. & Sp. Brasil, Pr. Bresil, Pr. Bresil); perh. From Sp. Or Pg. Brasa a live coal (cf. Braze, Brasier); or Ar. Vars plant for dyeing red or yellow. This name was given to the wood from its colour; and it is said that King Emanuel, of Portugal, gave the name Brazil to the country in South America on account of its producing this wood. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ben nut | <botany> The seed of one or more species of moringa; as, oil of ben. See Moringa. Origin: Ar. Ban, name of the tree. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| betel nut | The nutlike seed of the areca palm, chewed in the East with betel leaves (whence its name) and shell lime. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| para nut | <botany> The Brazil nut. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| penang nut | <botany> The betel nut. Origin: From the native name. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| souari nut | <botany> The large edible nutlike seed of a tall tropical American tree (Caryocar nuciferum) of the same natural order with the tea plant; also called butternut. Alternative forms: sawarra nut. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| neckar nut | <botany> See Nicker nut. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| nickar nut | <botany> Same as Nicker nut, Nicker tree. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| nicker nut | A rounded seed, rather smaller than a nutmeg, having a hard smooth shell, and a yellowish or bluish colour. The seeds grow in the prickly pods of tropical, woody climbers of the genus Caesalpinia. C. Bonduc has yellowish seeds; C.Bonducella, bluish gray. [Spelt also neckar nut, nickar nut. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| nut | 1. <botany> The fruit of certain trees and shrubs (as of the almond, walnut, hickory, beech, filbert, etc), consisting of a hard and indehiscent shell inclosing a kernel. 2. A perforated block (usually a small piece of metal), provided with an internal or female screw thread, used on a bolt, or screw, for tightening or holding something, or for transmitting motion. 3. The tumbler of a gunlock. 4. A projection on each side of the shank of an anchor, to secure the stock in place. Check nut, Jam nut, Lock nut, a nut which is screwed up tightly against another nut on the same bolt or screw, in order to prevent accidental unscrewing of the first nut. Nut buoy. See Buoy. Nut coal, screened coal of a size smaller than stove coal and larger than pea coal; called also chestnut coal. <zoology> Nut crab, any leucosoid crab of the genus Ebalia as, Ebalia tuberosa of Europe. <botany> Nut grass, any species of weevils of the genus Balaninus and other allied genera, which in the larval state live in nuts. Origin: OE. Nute, note, AS. Hnutu; akin to D. Noot, G. Nuss, OHG. Nuz, Icel. Hnot, Sw. Not, Dan. Nod. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| queensland nut | <botany> The nut of an Australian tree (Macadamia ternifolia). It is about an inch in diameter, and contains a single round edible seed, or sometimes two hemispherical seeds. So called from Queensland in Australia. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| taqua-nut | <botany> A Central American name for the ivory nut. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| brazil nut | three-sided tropical American nut with white oily meat and hard brown shell |
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| brazil nut | tall South American tree bearing brazil nuts |
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