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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Pichurim bean

/(pĭch"ū̇*rĭm bēn`)/ · Pich·u·rim bean · IPA
01 The seed of a Brazilian lauraceous tree (Nectandra Puchury) of a taste and smell between those of nutmeg and of sassafras, -- sometimes use…
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    The seed of a Brazilian lauraceous tree (Nectandra Puchury) of a taste and smell between those of nutmeg and of sassafras, -- sometimes used medicinally. Called also sassafras nut.(Bot.) Also: sassafras nut