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saouari, souari|saʊˈɑːrɪ|
Also souarri, s(o)u(w)arrow, sawarrow, sawarra, sawari, sawarri, saouwarri, sewarri; corruptly savory.
[a. Galibi (Cayenne) sawarra; in the Gal.-Fr. dict. of 1763 written saouari.]
saouari nut, the ‘butter-nut’ of Caryocar nuciferum and C. tomentosum, lofty trees of Guyana. saouari wood, the hard durable timber of these trees, used for shipbuilding.
1806G. Pinckard W. Indies III. 287 The Souwarrow nut. 1829Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XX. 7 The Savory tree is famed for its immense fruit. 1836Penny Cycl. VI. 333/2 The Suwarrow or more properly Saouari nuts of commerce. 1842Penny Cycl. XXIII. 184/2 Suarrow-nut (Caryocar). 1849Balfour Man. Bot. §808 Rhizobolaceæ, the Souari-nut Family. 1855H. G. Dalton Hist. Brit. Guiana II. 213 Saouwarri, saouari, or sewarri nut. 1858Baird Cycl. Nat. Sci. 410/2 Pekea tuberculosa yields a nut known in the shops by the name of the Saouari or Sawarra nuts. 1866Treas. Bot., Saouari or Souari-wood. Ibid., Souari-nuts. 1884Encycl. Brit. XVII. 664/2 The Souari or Surahwa nut, called also the ‘Butter nut of Demerara’, and by fruiterers the ‘Suwarrow nut’. 1885A. Brassey The Trades 112 The souari or butter-nuts..contain even more oleaginous matter. |