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/saʊˈɑːri/ 1. saouari nut n. the ‘butter-nut’ of Caryocar nuciferum and C. tomentosum, lofty trees of Guyana.
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piquia1625
saouari nut1806
butternut1827
1806 G. Pinckard Notes W. Indies III. 287 The Souwarrow nut.
1836 Penny Cycl. VI. 333/2 The Suwarrow or more properly Saouari nuts of commerce.
1842 Penny Cycl. XXIII. 184/2 Suarrow-nut (Caryocar).
1849 J. H. Balfour Man. Bot. §808 Rhizobolaceæ, the Souari-nut Family.
1855 H. G. Dalton Hist. Brit. Guiana II. 213 Saouwarri, saouari, or sewarri nut.
1858 W. Baird Cycl. Nat. Sci. 410/2 Pekea tuberculosa yields a nut known in the shops by the name of the Saouari or Sawarra nuts.
1866 Treasury Bot., Saouari or Souari-wood.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Souari-nuts.
1884 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 664/2 The Souari or Surahwa nut, called also the ‘Butter nut of Demerara’, and by fruiterers the ‘Suwarrow nut’.
1885 A. Brassey In Trades 112 The souari or butter-nuts..contain even more oleaginous matter.
2. saouari wood n. the hard durable timber of these trees, used for shipbuilding.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > other woods of South American trees
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canary wood1822
saouari wooda1832
macaco-wood1835
paddlewood1837
quebracho1839
mustaiba1843
violet-wood1843
taigu wood1868
rauli1874
louro1914
balsa wood1917
palisander1930
a1832 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XX. 7 The Savory tree is famed for its immense fruit.
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