CHILEAN NUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Chilean nut mean? 

• CHILEAN NUT (noun)
  The noun CHILEAN NUT has 1 sense:

1. Chilean shrub bearing coral-red fruit with an edible seed resembling a hazelnut

  Familiarity information: CHILEAN NUT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHILEAN NUT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Chilean shrub bearing coral-red fruit with an edible seed resembling a hazelnut

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Chile hazel; Chile nut; Chilean hazelnut; Chilean nut; Guevina avellana; Guevina heterophylla

Hypernyms ("Chilean nut" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("Chilean nut" is a member of...):

genus Guevina; Guevina (one species: Chilean nut)