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GENUS BERTHOLLETIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Bertholletia mean? 

GENUS BERTHOLLETIA (noun)
  The noun GENUS BERTHOLLETIA has 1 sense:

1. brazil nutplay

  Familiarity information: GENUS BERTHOLLETIA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS BERTHOLLETIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Brazil nut

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Bertholletia; genus Bertholletia

Hypernyms ("genus Bertholletia" is a kind of...):

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "genus Bertholletia"):

Bertholletia excelsa; brazil-nut tree; brazil nut (tall South American tree bearing brazil nuts)

Holonyms ("genus Bertholletia" is a member of...):

family Lecythidaceae; Lecythidaceae (large tropical trees bearing large fruits with woody skins)


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