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sapucaia

sapucaia

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A tropical South American tree with large fruits that hold nuts you can eat
  • noun
  • UK
: sapucaia
  • Farmers in Brazil often harvest sapucaia nuts during the dry season.

Examples

  • The large, woody fruit of the sapucaia protects the seeds inside until they are ready to eat.

  • The sapucaia tree can grow up to 30 meters tall.

  • The sapucaia is valued for its nutritious nuts and the oil they produce.

  • I love the taste of sapucaia nuts in desserts.

  • The sapucaia tree produces large fruits that contain nuts, which are often used for cooking.

  • In the Amazon rainforest, the sapucaia is valued for its edible seeds and the oil derived from them.

  • Many local communities rely on the sapucaia nuts as a significant source of nutrition.

Synonyms

souari nut
vssapucaia
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A large South American evergreen tree that makes edible seeds used for cooking oil

has identical meaning but uses a different name form

Surface Forms

sapucaia singular
sapucaias plural

Etymology

Sapucaia comes from a native Brazilian language called Tupi and was the name for a tree with a hard, cup-like fruit that holds its seeds like a little 'cup'. So sapucaia is the name of the tropical tree whose large woody fruit protects the nuts inside.