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sou⋅a⋅ri nut

  [soo-ahr-ee]
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–noun
the large, edible, oily nut of a tall tree, Caryocar nuciferum, of tropical South America.
Also called butternut.

Origin:
1840–50; < F saouari < Galibi sawarra
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sou·a·ri nut   (sōō-är'ē)   
n.   In both senses also called butternut.

  1. A South American evergreen tree (Caryocar nuciferum) having opposite, trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike stones containing seeds used as food and as a source of cooking oil.

  2. The nut of this tree.


[French saouari, from Galibi sawarra.]
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souari nut

any of the seeds borne in large, clustered fruits of trees of the genus Caryocar (family Caryocaraceae), which has about 15 species. C. nuciferum, from Panama and northern South America, is typical. Its coconut-sized fruit has four nuts, surrounded by edible flesh. The warty, red, hard-shelled, kidney-shaped nuts have a rich flavour and contain a fatty oil that is extracted and used in cooking.

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