brazil nut

Other forms: brazil nuts

Definitions of brazil nut

1. noun

   tall South American tree bearing brazil nuts
   synonyms: Bertholletia excelsa, brazil-nut tree

   type of:

   nut tree

   tree bearing edible nuts
2. noun

   three-sided tropical American nut with white oily meat and hard brown shell
   synonyms: brazil

   type of:

   edible nut

   a hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell