souarinut

sou·a·ri nut (so͞o-ärʹē) 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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