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Bertholletia

noun

brazil nut

• Syn: ↑genus Bertholletia

• Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Lecythidaceae, ↑family Lecythidaceae

• Member Meronyms: ↑brazil nut, ↑brazil-nut tree, ↑Bertholletia excelsa

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\\ˌbərthəˈlēsh(ē)ə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, after Comte Claude L. Berthollet died 1822 French chemist + New Latin -ia

: a genus of tall So. American trees (family Lecythidaceae) having flowers with six petals and a 2-parted deciduous calyx succeeded by hard-shelled capsules — see brazil nut

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Bertholletia /bûr-thō-lēˈsh(i)ə/

noun

The Brazil-nut genus of Lecythidaceae

ORIGIN: Named in honour of the chemist CL Berthollet (1748–1822)

Useful english dictionary. 2012.