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Noun: brazil  bru'zil
  1. Three-sided tropical American nut with white oily meat and hard brown shell
    - brazil nut
Noun: Brazil  bru'zil
  1. The largest Latin American country and the largest Portuguese speaking country in the world; located in the central and northeastern part of South America; world's leading coffee exporter
    - Federative Republic of Brazil, Brasil

Derived forms: brazils

Type of: edible nut, nut, South American country, South American nation

Part of: Bertholletia excelsa, brazil nut, brazil-nut tree, OAS, Organization of American States, South America

Encyclopedia: Brazil, Northern Cape