souari nut
- noun
- Specialized
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árbol de souari
- The souari nut is often pressed to extract flavorful cooking oil.
Examples
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Many dishes in Brazil use roasted souari nuts as a key ingredient.
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The souari nut tree thrives in the humid forests of northern South America.
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The souari nut is rich in healthy fats.
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Many people enjoy eating souari nuts as a snack.
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Many dishes in Brazil use roasted souari nuts as a key ingredient.
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The souari nut is often pressed to extract flavorful cooking oil.
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Many people enjoy eating souari nuts as a nutritious snack.
Synonyms
A large evergreen tree from South America with seeds like nuts used for food and oil
A large evergreen tree from South America that makes nutlike seeds used for food or oil
A large evergreen tree from South America with three-part leaves and edible nutlike seeds used for food and oil
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase 'souari nut' is a straightforward compound meaning the nut produced by the souari tree; if a learner knows 'souari' (the tree) and 'nut' (a seed eaten as food), the meaning is directly compositional. The 'X nut' pattern is a productive, transparent formation across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Souari nut as the name for the tree likely comes from the same native word. Locals called the plant 'suarí', so visitors used souari with nut to mean the whole tree that makes the tasty seeds, and that name stayed.
