becuiba nut
English
Etymology
From a native Brazilian name.
Noun
becuiba nut (plural becuiba nuts)
- (obsolete) The nut of the Brazilian tree Myristica bicuhyba, which yields a medicinal balsam used for rheumatism.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for becuiba nut in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)