Well attestedNamed for a product of the place
brazil nut
noun · first attested 19th century
The nut is named for the country it was shipped from.
A large three-sided nut from an Amazonian tree.
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- Relationship
- Named for a product of the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 19th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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Brazil
- In English
brazil nut
The tree grows across Amazonia, but the export trade ran through Brazil, and English named the nut for the country.
Also pinned to Brazil
1 more from the same place
Brazil
All 6 entries 4 more words from Brazil
botafogoThe dance step is named for a district of Rio de Janeiro.BotafogoPará nutBrazil nuts are gathered across Amazonia; Pará was only the export door.ParáitabiriteBrazil exports hundreds of millions of tons of this rock a year under a Tupi name meaning shining stone.ItabiraparacressOne flower head makes the tongue buzz and the saliva run.Pará