pichurim bean

English

Etymology

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Noun

pichurim bean (plural pichurim beans)

1. The seed of a Brazilian lauraceous tree (Nectandra pichurim) of a taste and smell between those of nutmeg and sassafras, sometimes used medicinally.

Synonyms

• sassafras nut

References

• Nectandra pichurim on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Nectandra pichurim on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Nectandra pichurim on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Nectandra pichurim at Plants of the World Online

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “pichurim bean”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)