brazil nut

1. 1.

   tall South American tree bearing brazil nuts

   Synonymsbrazil-nut treeBertholletia excelsa

   Broadernut tree

   Part ofBertholletia

   Partsbrazil nut
2. 2.

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

   Synonymsbrazil

   Broaderedible nut

   Part ofbrazil nut

Questions about brazil nut

What does brazil nut mean?

brazil nut means "tall South American tree bearing brazil nuts". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for brazil nut?

Close synonyms include brazil-nut tree, Bertholletia excelsa, brazil. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is brazil nut a common word?

brazil nut is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.