Found 2 items, similar to brazil nut.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: brazil nut brazil nut n 1: tall South American tree bearing brazil nuts [syn: brazil-nut tree , Bertholletia excelsa] 2: three-sided tropical American nut with white oily meat and hard brown shell [syn: brazil]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Brazil nut 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. [1913 Webster] Note: From eighteen to twenty-four of the seeds or “nuts” grow in a hard and nearly globular shell. [1913 Webster]