The Collaborative International Dictionary
Brazil nut \Bra*zil" nut`\ (br[.a]*z[i^]l" n[u^]t`). (Bot.) An oily, three-sided nut, the seed of the Bertholletia excelsa; the cream nut.
Note: From eighteen to twenty-four of the seeds or ``nuts'' grow in a hard and nearly globular shell.
Wiktionary
alt. 1 (taxlink Bertholletia excelsa species noshow=1), a tree native to tropical South America. 2 The nut produced by this tree. n. 1 (taxlink Bertholletia excelsa species noshow=1), a tree native to tropical South America. 2 The nut produced by this tree.
WordNet
n. tall South American tree bearing brazil nuts [syn: brazil-nut tree, Bertholletia excelsa]
three-sided tropical American nut with white oily meat and hard brown shell [syn: brazil]
Wikipedia
The Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa) is a South American tree in the family Lecythidaceae, and also the name of the tree's commercially harvested edible seeds.
Usage examples of "brazil nut".
He congratulated the grandmotherly creator of the inside-out marble mocha whipped cream cake, the vivacious young matron with her brazil nut caramel angel cake, the delicate young man who was so proud of his sour cream chocolate velvet icebox cake, and finally the winner in the teenage class.
Li rolled over on his back, making a show of looking around him for the Brazil nut.
The wide, rather flashy green tie, _the one I gave him for his birthday_, dangled askew, yanked loose from the torn collar into a knot the size and shape of a Brazil nut, surely never to be undone again.
Gradually my faith returned and waxed until it was the size, not just of a mustard seed, but of a sunflower seed, or maybe even a Brazil nut.
I ate a Brazil nut while I got the heart in question under control.