nut : Idioms & Phrases

• noun nutlike seed of a South American palm; the hard white shell takes a high polish and is used for e.g. buttons
  apple nut; vegetable ivory.
  

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• noun seed of betel palm; chewed with leaves of the betel pepper and lime as a digestive stimulant and narcotic in southeastern Asia
  areca nut.
  

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• noun hard-shelled nut of the babassu palm
  

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• noun seed of betel palm; chewed with leaves of the betel pepper and lime as a digestive stimulant and narcotic in southeastern Asia
  areca nut.
  

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Be"tel nut`

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1. The nutlike seed of the areca palm, chewed in the East with betel leaves (whence its name) and shell lime.

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• (Bot.), a genus of plants (Staphylea) with bladderlike seed pods.

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• a metallic pin with a head formed upon one end, and a movable piece (the nut) screwed upon a thread cut upon the other end. See B, C, and D, in illust. above.

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• noun hard shiny grey seed of a bonduc tree; used for making e.g. jewelry
  bonduc nut; nicker seed.
  

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• noun tall South American tree bearing brazil nuts
  brazil nut; Bertholletia excelsa.
  
• noun three-sided tropical American nut with white oily meat and hard brown shell
  brazil.
  

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Bra*zil" nut`

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1. (Bot.) An oily, three-sided nut, the seed of the Bertholletia excelsa; the cream nut. ✍ From eighteen to twenty-four of the seed or "nuts" grow in a hard and nearly globular shell.

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• noun tall South American tree bearing brazil nuts
  brazil nut; Bertholletia excelsa.
  

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• noun oily drupaceous fruit of rabbitwood
  buffalo nut; elk nut.
  
• noun shrub of southeastern United States parasitic on roots of hemlocks having sparse spikes of greenish flowers and pulpy drupes
  Pyrularia pubera; rabbitwood.
  

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• (Bot.), the oily and drupelike fruit of an American shrub (Pyrularia oleifera); also, the shrub itself; oilnut.

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• noun a threaded nut with winglike projections for thumb and forefinger leverage in turning
  butterfly nut; thumbnut; wing screw; wing nut.
  

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• the fruit of a euphorbiaceous shrub (Aleurites triloba), a native of some of the Pacific islands; socalled because, when dry, it will burn with a bright flame, and is used by the natives as a candle. The oil has many uses.

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• the large, kidney-shaped fruit of the cashew, which is edible after the caustic oil has been expelled from the shell by roasting the nut.

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• noun kidney-shaped nut edible only when roasted
  cashew.
  

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• noun the seed of the Swiss pine
  cedar nut.
  

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• noun the seed of the Swiss pine
  cedar nut.
  

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• noun large five-needled European pine; yields cembra nuts and a resinous exudate
  Swiss pine; Swiss stone pine; Pinus cembra; arolla pine.
  

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• (Mech.), a secondary nut, screwing down upon the primary nut to secure it. Knight.

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• a nut which is screwed up tightly against another nut on the same bolt or screw, in order to prevent accidental unscrewing of the first nut.

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• noun Chilean shrub bearing coral-red fruit with an edible seed resembling a hazelnut
  Chilean hazelnut; Guevina avellana; Chile hazel; Guevina heterophylla; Chile nut.
  

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• noun Chilean shrub bearing coral-red fruit with an edible seed resembling a hazelnut
  Chilean hazelnut; Guevina avellana; Chile hazel; Guevina heterophylla; Chile nut.
  

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• . See Cacao.

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• noun nut of the cohune palm having hard white shells like those of ivory nuts
  

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• noun semisolid fat from nuts of the cohune palm; used in cooking and soap making
  cohune oil; cohune fat.
  

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• noun bitter brown seed containing caffein; source of cola extract
  cola nut.
  

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• noun nut having a hard hazel-brown shell used like vegetable ivory
  

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Co*quil"la nut

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1. (Bot.) The fruit of a Brazilian tree (Attalea funifera of Martius.). ✍ Its shell is hazel-brown in color, very hard and close in texture, and much used by turners in forming ornamental articles, such as knobs for umbrella handles.

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• noun fragrant black nutlike seeds of the tonka bean tree; used in perfumes and medicines and as a substitute for vanilla
  tonka bean.
  

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• the Brazil nut.

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• noun bread containing chopped dates and nuts
  

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• noun edible oil-rich seed of wild mango
  

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• noun European herb bearing small tubers used for food and in Scotland to flavor whiskey
  tuberous vetch; earthnut pea; heath pea; Lathyrus tuberosus.
  

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• noun a hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell
  

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• noun oily drupaceous fruit of rabbitwood
  buffalo nut; elk nut.
  

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• noun medium-sized two-needled pine of southern Europe having a spreading crown; widely cultivated for its sweet seeds that resemble almonds
  umbrella pine; stone pine; Pinus pinea.
  

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• a fly nut or thumb nut.

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• (Mach.), a nut with wings; a thumb nut; a finger nut.

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• noun a crisp round cookie flavored with ginger
  snap; ginger snap; gingersnap.
  

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• noun tree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeine; source of cola extract
  Cola acuminata; kola nut; goora nut; kola.
  

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• noun nut of Brazilian or West Indian palms
  

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• noun a nut with a hexagonal shape
  

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• noun ornamental African shrub or climber with red flowers
  hiccough nut; Combretum bracteosum.
  

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• noun ornamental African shrub or climber with red flowers
  hiccough nut; Combretum bracteosum.
  

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• noun small hard-shelled nut of North American hickory trees especially the shagbark hickories
  

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• noun nutlike seed of a South American palm; the hard white shell takes a high polish and is used for e.g. buttons
  apple nut; vegetable ivory.
  

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• (Bot.), the nut of a species of palm, the Phytephas macroarpa, often as large as a hen's egg. When young the seed contains a fluid, which gradually hardness into a whitish, close-grained, albuminous substance, resembling the finest ivory in texture and color, whence it is called vegetable ivory. It is wrought into various articles, as buttons, chessmen, etc. The palm is found in New Grenada. A smaller kind is the fruit of the Phytephas microarpa. The nuts are known in commerce as Corosso nuts.

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• noun a stemless palm tree of Brazil and Peru bearing ivory nuts
  ivory palm; Phytelephas macrocarpa; ivory plant.
  

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• . See Check nut, under Check.

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• noun a variety of water chestnut
  Trapa natans; water caltrop.
  

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• the European water chestnut.

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• noun hickory of the eastern United States resembling the shagbark but having a much larger nut
  big shellbark hickory; Carya laciniosa; big shellbark; king nut; big shagbark.
  

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• noun hickory of the eastern United States resembling the shagbark but having a much larger nut
  big shellbark hickory; Carya laciniosa; big shellbark; king nut; big shagbark.
  

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• noun bitter brown seed containing caffein; source of cola extract
  cola nut.
  
• noun tree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeine; source of cola extract
  Cola acuminata; kola nut; goora nut; kola.
  

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• noun tree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeine; source of cola extract
  Cola acuminata; kola nut; goora nut; kola.
  

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• noun Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried
  lichi; litchee; lychee; lichee; litchi; leechee.
  

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• . See Check nut, under Check.

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• noun small Australian tree with racemes of pink flowers; widely cultivated (especially in Hawaii) for its sweet edible nuts
  Macadamia ternifolia; macadamia nut.
  
• noun nutlike seed with sweet and crisp white meat
  

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• noun small Australian tree with racemes of pink flowers; widely cultivated (especially in Hawaii) for its sweet edible nuts
  Macadamia ternifolia; macadamia nut.
  

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• (Bot.), the European walnut; the nut of the Juglans regia.

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• (Bot.), the seed of an East Indian acanthaceous shrub, the Adhatoda Vasica, sometimes used medicinally.

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• (Bot.), the nut of the Semecarpus Anacardium, an East Indian tree. The shell of the nut yields a blackish resinous juice used for marking cotton cloth, and an oil prepared from it is used for rheumatism.

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• noun a small two-needled or three-needled pinon of Mexico and southern Texas
  pinon pine; Pinus cembroides.
  

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• (Bot.), a kind of hickory (Carya tomentosa) and its fruit, which is far inferior to the true shagbark hickory nut.

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• noun pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms
  goober; peanut; earthnut; groundnut; goober pea.
  

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Neck"ar nut`

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1. (Bot.) See Nicker nut.

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Nick"ar nut`, Nick"ar tree` (Also<

• Nickar nut
• Nickar tree

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1. (Bot.) Same as Nicker nut, Nicker tree.

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• noun hard shiny grey seed of a bonduc tree; used for making e.g. jewelry
  bonduc nut; nicker seed.
  

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Nick"er nut`

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1. A rounded seed, rather smaller than a nutmeg, having a hard smooth shell, and a yellowish or bluish color. The seeds grow in the prickly pods of tropical, woody climbers of the genus Cæsalpinia. C. Bonduc has yellowish seeds; C.Bonducella, bluish gray. Spelt also neckar nut, nickar nut.

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• noun a fastener made by screwing a nut onto a threaded bolt
  

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• noun paste of nuts and sugar on a pastry base cut into bars
  

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• noun bread containing chopped nuts
  

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• . See under Buoy.

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• noun ground nuts blended with a little butter
  

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• noun a whimsically eccentric person
  screwball; fruitcake; nut; crackpot; crank.
  

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• screened coal of a size smaller than stove coal and larger than pea coal; called also chestnut coal.

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• (Zoöl.), any leucosoid crab of the genus Ebalia as, Ebalia tuberosa of Europe.

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• noun a widely distributed perennial sedge having small edible nutlike tubers
  nut grass; nutgrass; Cyperus rotundus; nutsedge.
  

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• (Bot.), a plant of the Sedge family (Cyperus rotundus, var. Hydra), which has slender rootstocks bearing small, nutlike tubers, by which the plant multiplies exceedingly, especially in cotton fields.

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• noun pejorative terms for an insane asylum
  crazy house; cuckoo's nest; Bedlam; snake pit; loony bin; booby hatch; madhouse; nuthouse; funny farm; sanatorium; funny house.
  

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• a device, as a metal plate bent up at the corners, to prevent a nut from becoming unscrewed, as by jarring. = lock nut

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• noun any of several pinons bearing edible nutlike seeds
  

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• . (Bot.) See under Pine.

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• (Bot.), a genus of cyperaceous plants (Scleria) having a hard bony achene. Several species are found in the United States and many more in tropical regions.

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• noun a widely distributed perennial sedge having small edible nutlike tubers
  nut grass; nutgrass; Cyperus rotundus; nutsedge.
  

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• noun tree bearing edible nuts
  

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• a tree that bears nuts.

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• (Zoöl.), any species of weevils of the genus Balaninus and other allied genera, which in the larval state live in nuts.

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• adjective satellite (of shrubs or trees) producing nuts
  

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Nut"-brown` adjective

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1. Brown as a nut long kept and dried. "The spicy nutbrown ale." Milton.

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• noun East Indian shrub often cultivated for its hairy leaves and orange-red flowers
  Helicteres isora.
  

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• noun detailed practical information about how something works or how something can be accomplished
  

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• noun oily drupaceous fruit of rabbitwood
  buffalo nut; elk nut.
  

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• noun a nut used to tighten a stuffing box
  packing nut.
  

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• noun seed of any oil palm
  palm kernel.
  

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Pa*ra" nut`

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1. (Bot.) The Brazil nut.

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• (Bot.), the sapucaia nut. See Sapucaia nut. Local, U. S.

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Pe*nang" nut`

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1. (Bot.) The betel nut. Balfour (Cyc. of India).

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• noun small tropical American tree yielding purple dye and a tanning extract and bearing physic nuts containing a purgative oil that is poisonous in large quantities
  Jatropha curcus.
  

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• (Bot.), a small tropical American euphorbiaceous tree (Jatropha Curcas), and its seeds, which are well flavored, but contain a drastic oil which renders them dangerous if eaten in large quantities.

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• (Bridge Building), a conical nut applied temporarily to the threaded end of a pin, to protect the thread and guide the pin when it is driven into a hole. Waddell.

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• a check nut. See under Check, n.

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• noun edible seed of any of several nut pines especially some pinons of southwestern North America
  pine nut; pignolia.
  

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• noun edible seed of any of several nut pines especially some pinons of southwestern North America
  pine nut; pignolia.
  

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• noun nut of Mediterranean trees having an edible green kernel
  pistachio.
  

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• . (Bot.) (a) Nux vomica . (b) The tree which yields this seed (Strychnos Nuxvomica). It is found on the Malabar and Coromandel coasts.

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• noun edible nutlike seed of the quandong fruit
  

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• noun bushy tree with pink to purple flowers
  Macadamia tetraphylla.
  

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Queens"land nut`

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1. (Bot.) The nut of an Australian tree (Macadamia ternifolia). It is about an inch in diameter, and contains a single round edible seed, or sometimes two hemispherical seeds. So called from Queensland in Australia.

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• noun cookie filled with a paste of raisins and nuts
  

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• noun European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers
  chufa; yellow nutgrass; ground almond; Cyperus esculentus; earth almond.
  

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• noun supplementary nut that is screwed down on a primary nut to prevent it from loosening
  locknut.
  

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• (Bot.), the groundnut (Bunium flexuosum); so called because swine feed on it, and St. Anthony was once a swineherd. Dr. Prior.

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• (Bot.), the seed of the sapucaia; called also paradise nut.

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• . See Pichurim bean.

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Sa*war"ra nut`

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1. See Souari nut.

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• a jam nut or lock nut. See under Nut.

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• (Bot.), the fruit of a sapindaceous tree (Ophiocaryon paradoxum) of Guiana, the embryo of which resembles a snake coiled up.

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• the hard kernel or seed of the fruit of the soapberry tree, used for making beads, buttons, etc.

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• noun large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil
  souari tree; Caryocar nuciferum; souari.
  
• noun a large nutlike seed of a South American tree
  

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Sou*a"ri nut`

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1. (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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• (Bot.), a bulbous plant (Iris Sisyrinchium) of the south of Europe.

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• noun nut with a square shape
  

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• noun a nut used to tighten a stuffing box
  packing nut.
  

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Ta"qua-nut` noun

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1. (Bot.) A Central American name for the ivory nut.

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• a nut for a screw, having wings to grasp between the thumb and fingers in turning it; also, a nut with a knurled rim for the same perpose.

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Vom"ic nut`

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1. Same as Nux vomica.

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• nux vomica.

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• noun any tree of the genus Pterocarya; fruit is a small winged nutlet; Caucasus to southeastern Asia
  wing nut.
  
• noun a threaded nut with winglike projections for thumb and forefinger leverage in turning
  butterfly nut; thumbnut; wing screw; wing nut.
  

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• noun any tree of the genus Pterocarya; fruit is a small winged nutlet; Caucasus to southeastern Asia
  wing nut.
  
• noun a threaded nut with winglike projections for thumb and forefinger leverage in turning
  butterfly nut; thumbnut; wing screw; wing nut.
  

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• (Bot.), the filbert.

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