Chilean nut

Chilean nut
noun
Chilean shrub bearing coral-red fruit with an edible seed resembling a hazelnut
• Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush
• Member Holonyms: ↑Guevina, ↑genus Guevina

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noun
Usage: usually capitalized C
: a Chilean shrub (Guevina heterophylla) of the family Proteaceae; also : its coral-red fruit containing an edible seed like the hazelnut — called also Chile hazel

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  • genus Guevina — noun one species: Chilean nut • Syn: ↑Guevina • Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Proteaceae, ↑family Proteaceae, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Guevina — noun one species: Chilean nut • Syn: ↑genus Guevina • Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Proteaceae, ↑family Proteaceae, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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  • Guevina heterophylla — noun Chilean shrub bearing coral red fruit with an edible seed resembling a hazelnut • Syn: ↑Chilean nut, ↑Chile nut, ↑Chile hazel, ↑Chilean hazelnut, ↑Guevina avellana • Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush …   Useful english dictionary

  • Guevina — n. 1. A genus having only one species: the Chilean nut. Syn: genus {Guevina}. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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