(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:16:49

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.]

 

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