brazil
brazil Lexical Profile
brazil Game Scores & Validity
• noun
The largest country in South America, bounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the east, globally significant for containing the majority of the Amazon rainforest and Amazon River basin.
A large, three-sided edible seed extracted from the hard-shelled fruit of the Amazonian tree Bertholletia excelsa (often referred to simply as a brazil nut).
"She prepared a rich holiday trail mix using roasted almonds, cashews, and brazils."
A dense, heavily grained red timber yielded by several tropical trees of the genus Caesalpinia (particularly Caesalpinia echinata), native to South American coastal forests and historically prized for extracting red dye.
"16th-century European explorers established lucrative trade routes specifically to harvest brazil for the booming textile industry."
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Portuguese 'brasil' (brazilwood), derived from 'brasa' (ember) due to the glowing red dye extracted from the wood. The South American country was named after this wood, which was heavily harvested by early European explorers.
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