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‖ sapucaia|sæpuːˈkɑːjə|
Also 7 iacapucaya, 9 sapucaya.
[Brazilian; according to Von Martius f. sopia egg + acaia a kind of forest tree; the fruit with its seeds resembling a nest containing eggs. Gandavo 1576 (Pg.) writes zabucaes pl.]
1. a. A South American tree of the genus Lecythis.
b. The fruit of the tree, a sapucaia-nut.
1613Purchas Pilgrimage (1614) 843 Of Fruits, he reckons the Iacapucaya, like a pot..with a couer on it. 1869R. F. Burton Highl. Brazil I. 120 Hereabouts also are two noble lofty Sapucaias, vestiges of the forest primeval.
2. attrib., as sapucaia tree; sapucaia-brown Chem. (see quot.); sapucaia-nut, the edible fruit of Lecythis Zabucajo and L. Ollaria; sapucaia-oil, -wine (see quots.)
1868Watts Dict. Chem. V. 195 The shell of the fruit contains a tannin..which..in the older fruits is converted into a brown substance (*sapucaia-brown).
1820tr. von Wied's Trav. Brazil i. 126 Some baskets..full of bananas, oranges, *sapucaya-nuts [etc.]. 1866Treas. Bot. s.v. Lecythis, Under the name of Sapucaia nuts, the seeds of L. Zabucajo are commonly sold in our fruit shops.
1884Encycl. Brit. XVII. 746/1 *Sapucaia oil, yielded by Lecythis ollaria.
1820tr. von Weid's Trav. Brazil i. 105 The young foliage of the *sapucaya tree.
1868Watts Dict. Chem. V. 195 The juice (*sapucaia-wine) which flows from incisions in old trees. |