Brazil nut \Bra*zil" nut`\ (Bot.)
An oily, three-sided nut, the seed of the {Bertholletia
excelsa}; the cream nut.
Note: From eighteen to twenty-four of the seed or ``nuts''
grow in a hard and nearly globular shell.
Bertholletia excelsa
n : tall South American tree bearing brazil nuts [syn: {brazil
nut}, {brazil-nut tree}]