2 words pinned here
Brazil
-14.0000°S -53.0000°W · Q155
2 English words in this atlas trace back to Brazil. It sits in Brazil.
brazil nutnoun · 19th century
Well attestedThe nut is named for the country it was shipped from.
The tree grows across Amazonia, but the export trade ran through Brazil, and English named the nut for the country.
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Brazil plumnoun · 20th century
Well attestedThe tree keeps its own water tank underground.
Spondias tuberosa survives the droughts of the Brazilian sertao by storing water in swollen underground tubers, which is why it fruits where almost nothing else does. The fruit is eaten fresh and made into juice, ice cream and wine. Its other English name, umbu, comes through Portuguese from Tupi.
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