souari nut

[ soo-ahr-ee ]

noun

1. the large, edible, oily nut of a tall tree, Caryocar nuciferum, of tropical South America.

Word History and Origins

Origin of souari nut¹

1840–50; < French saouari < Galibi sawarra

Example Sentences

Souari nut, or butternut.—This nut, like the last, is a native of British Guiana, and is the fruit of the Caryocar nuciferum, a noble tree, growing a hundred feet high, having large, broad, trifoliate leaves, resembling those of our common horse-chestnut, but not quite as broad.

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