Bra‐zil″ nut′ (nŭt′). (Bot.) An oily, three-sided nut, the seed of the Bertholletia excelsa; the cream nut.
☞ From eighteen to twenty-four of the seeds or “nuts” grow in a hard and nearly globular shell.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.