becuiba nut

English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) From a native Brazilian name.

Noun

becuiba nut (plural becuiba nuts)

1. (obsolete) The nut of the Brazilian tree Virola bicuhyba, which yields a medicinal balsam used for rheumatism.

References

• “becuibanut”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.