souari tree
- noun
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árbol souari
- Farmers harvest oil from the seeds of the souari tree for cooking purposes.
Examples
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The nuts of the souari tree are commonly eaten in parts of Brazil.
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A towering souari tree provides ample shade in the tropical forest.
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Look at that magnificent souari tree over there!
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The souari tree is known for its large size.
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Farmers harvest oil from the seeds of the souari tree for cooking purposes.
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The nuts of the souari tree are commonly eaten in parts of Brazil.
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A towering souari tree provides ample shade in the tropical forest.
Synonyms
A large evergreen tree from South America with three-part leaves and edible nutlike seeds used for food and oil
A large evergreen tree from South America that makes nutlike seeds used for food or oil
A large South American evergreen tree that makes edible seeds used for cooking oil
Surface Forms
Morphology
The element 'souari' already names a specific kind of tree (with trifoliate leaves and edible seeds), and adding 'tree' simply marks it as a tree species. This taxonomic, compositional pattern is cross-linguistically common and easily inferable by a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Souari tree probably takes its name from a local word for the tree and its tasty seeds. The part souari was the name people used for the plant, and English kept that name, so today Souari tree means the tropical tree whose seeds are used for food and oil.
