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Dictionary Results for Caryocar nuciferum:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

Caryocar nuciferum
    n 1: large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and
         drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of
         cooking oil [syn: souari, souari nut, souari tree,
         Caryocar nuciferum]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Souari nut \Sou*a"ri nut`\ (Bot.)
   The large edible nutlike seed of a tall tropical American
   tree (Caryocar nuciferum) of the same natural order with
   the tea plant; -- also called butternut. [Written also
   sawarra nut.]
   [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Butternut \But"ter*nut`\, n.
   1. (Bot.) An American tree (Juglans cinerea) of the Walnut
      family, and its edible fruit; -- so called from the oil
      contained in the latter. Sometimes called oil nut and
      white walnut.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Bot.) The nut of the Caryocar butyrosum and Caryocar
      nuciferum, of S. America; -- called also Souari nut.
      [1913 Webster]

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