becuiba nut
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) From a native Brazilian name.
Noun
[edit]becuiba nut (plural becuiba nuts)
- (obsolete) The nut of the Brazilian tree Virola bicuhyba, which yields a medicinal balsam used for rheumatism.
References
[edit]- “becuibanut”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.