释义 |
brazil nut noun Usage: usually capitalized B Etymology: brazil (II) 1. also brazil-nut tree : a tall So. American tree (Bertholletia excelsa) that bears large globular capsules each containing several closely packed roughly triangular nuts 2. : any of the brown-shelled white-fleshed nuts borne in the fruit of a brazil nut — called also cream nut, niggertoe, para nut |