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Souari nut \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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Butternut \But"ter*nut`\, n.
1. (Bot.) An American tree ({Juglans cinerea}) of the Walnut
family, and its edible fruit; -- so called from the oil
contained in the latter. Sometimes called {oil nut} and
{white walnut}.
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2. (Bot.) The nut of the {Caryocar butyrosum} and {Caryocar
nuciferum}, of S. America; -- called also {Souari nut}.
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