Barbados nut

noun

1. physic nut.

Example Sentences

The study states that the Barbados nut is uniquely suited to growing in regions inhospitable to other crops.

From Scientific American

As part of their research, Wulfmeyer and Becker traveled to a Barbados nut plantation in Luxor, Egypt, to collect physical samples from the plants to estimate their carbon-storing potential.

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There are about 1 billion hectares of desert land in coastal areas that could be used for Barbados nut plantations, the researchers estimate, located in countries such as Mexico, Namibia, Saudi Arabia and Oman.

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Becker's question may be answered by earlier disappointments with Barbados nut farms in Africa, said Meine van Noordwijk, chief science adviser for the World Agroforestry Center in Bogor, Indonesia.

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But other experts raised doubts about the study's ambitious projections, questioning whether the Barbados nut would be able to grow well in sandy desert soils and absorb the quantity of carbon their models predict.

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