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Brazil nut

noun

  1. the three-sided, hard-shelled edible seed of the tree Bertholletia excelsa and related species, of South America.


brazil nut

noun

  1. a tropical South American tree, Bertholletia excelsa , producing large globular capsules, each containing several closely packed triangular nuts: family Lecythidaceae
  2. the nut of this tree, having an edible oily kernel and a woody shell
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of Brazil nut1

First recorded in 1820–30
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TJ’s Brazil Nut Body Butter contains an array of impressive ingredients, including coconut oil, shea butter, açai extract, guarana extract and Brazil nut seed oil.

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It also granted money to two U.S.-based nonprofits: Forest Trends, which supports handicrafts and Brazil nut production in Indigenous territories, and the Good Food Institute, which works to research local products from Amazon fungi to tucuma, a local palm tree.

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The authors also found a significant relationship between 35 domesticated tree species—including Brazil nut, Pará rubber tree, murumuru, and cacao—and the probability of earthworks.

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“They threaten food security. Our relatives have nowhere to fish, the Brazil nut trees were cut down. Today, they have nowhere to draw their survival from.”

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In 1996, researchers determined that soybeans containing a gene from a Brazil nut could trigger a reaction in someone who is allergic.

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