souari nut — noun 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 tree, ↑Caryocar nuciferum • Hypernyms: ↑tree • Member Holonyms: ↑Caryocar, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
souari — noun large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil • Syn: ↑souari nut, ↑souari tree, ↑Caryocar nuciferum • Hypernyms: ↑tree • Member Holonyms: ↑Caryocar, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
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] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Souari nut — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
souari nut — /sooh ahr ee/ the large, edible, oily nut of a tall tree, Caryocar nuciferum, of tropical South America. Also called butternut. [1840 50; < F saouari < Galibi sawarra] * * * souari also spelled swarri, also called butternut, or pekea nut, … … Universalium
souari nut — /suˈari ˌnʌt/ (say sooh ahree .nut) noun the large, edible, oily nut of a tall tree, Caryocar nuciferum, of tropical South America; butternut. {Galibi saouari} …
Caryocar nuciferum — noun 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 • Hypernyms: ↑tree • Member Holonyms: ↑Caryocar, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Caryocar nuciferum — Taxobox name = Caryocar nuciferum image width = frameless image caption = regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Malpighiales (formerly Theales) familia = Caryocaraceae genus = Caryocar species = C. nuciferum… … Wikipedia
Caryocar — noun type genus of the Caryocaraceae; South American trees yielding strong fine grained wood and edible nuts • Syn: ↑genus Caryocar • Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Caryocaraceae, ↑family Caryocaraceae … Useful english dictionary
genus Caryocar — noun type genus of the Caryocaraceae; South American trees yielding strong fine grained wood and edible nuts • Syn: ↑Caryocar • Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Caryocaraceae, ↑family Caryocaraceae … Useful english dictionary