brazil : Idioms & Phrases

• noun tall South American tree bearing brazil nuts
  brazil nut; Bertholletia excelsa.
  
• noun three-sided tropical American nut with white oily meat and hard brown shell
  brazil.
  

WordNet

Bra*zil" nut`

Definitions

1. (Bot.) An oily, three-sided nut, the seed of the Bertholletia excelsa; the cream nut. ✍ From eighteen to twenty-four of the seed or "nuts" grow in a hard and nearly globular shell.

Webster 1913

Bra*zil" wood`

Etymology

OE. brasil, LL. brasile (cf. Pg. & Sp. brasil, Pr. bresil, Pr. bresil); perh. from Sp. or Pg. brasa a live coal (cf. Braze, Brasier); or Ar. vars plant for dyeing red or yellow. This name was given to the wood from its color; and it is said that King Emanuel, of Portugal, gave the name Brazil to the country in South America on account of its producing this wood.

Definitions

1. The wood of the oriental Cæsalpinia Sapan; -- so called before the discovery of America.
2. A very heavy wood of a reddish color, imported from Brazil and other tropical countries, for cabinet-work, and for dyeing. The best is the heartwood of Cæsalpinia echinata, a leguminous tree; but other trees also yield it. An interior sort comes from Jamaica, the timber of C. Braziliensis and C. crista. This is often distinguished as Braziletto , but the better kind is also frequently so named.

Webster 1913

• noun tall South American tree bearing brazil nuts
  brazil nut; Bertholletia excelsa.
  

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• noun the capital of Brazil; a city built on the central plateau and inaugurated in 1960
  Brasilia; Brazilian capital.
  

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• noun the largest Latin American country and the largest Portuguese speaking country in the world; located in the central and northeastern part of South America; world's leading coffee exporter
  Brazil; Brasil.
  

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