souari nut

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

souari nut
    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: a large nutlike seed of a South American tree

from 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]

from 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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