noun
1. large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil
• Syn: ↑souari, ↑souari tree, ↑Caryocar nuciferum
• Hypernyms: ↑tree
• Member Holonyms: ↑Caryocar, ↑genus Caryocar
2. a large nutlike seed of a South American tree
• Hypernyms: ↑edible nut
• Part Holonyms: ↑souari, ↑souari tree, ↑Caryocar nuciferum
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noun : the large edible nutlike seed of any of various So. American trees of the genus Caryocar (as C. nuciferum) that yield a bland oil used in cookery
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/sooh ahr"ee/
the large, edible, oily nut of a tall tree, Caryocar nuciferum, of tropical South America. Also called butternut.
[1840-50; < F saouari < Galibi sawarra]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.