| 单词 | brazil-nut |
| 释义 | > as lemmasBrazil-nut Brazil-nut n. the seed of Bertholletia excelsa (family Lecythidaceæ), a lofty tree which forms large forests in Brazil; the fruit consists of a round wooden capsule, packed with about two dozen of these triquetrous ‘nuts’. ΚΠ 1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 116 The Souari..Nuts, or Brazil Nuts of the shops, the kernel of which is one of the most delicious fruits of the nut kind. 1852 T. Ross tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. Amer. II. xxiii. 390 Juvia-trees, which furnish the triangular nuts called in Europe the almonds of the Amazon, or Brazil-nuts. 1863 H. W. Bates Naturalist on River Amazons II. i. 48 Colossal examples of the Brazil nut tree. < as lemmas |
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