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Brazil nut

(Encyclopedia)Brazil nut, common name for the Lecythidaceae, a family of tropical trees. It includes the anchovy pear (Grias cauliflora), a West Indian species with edible fruit used for pickles, and several lumber...

Brunehaut

(Encyclopedia)Brunehaut: see Brunhilda.

Brut

(Encyclopedia)Brut, Brute bro͞oˈtəs [key], a Trojan, legendary founder of the British race, descendant of Aeneas. His story appears in Nennius and in Geoffrey of Monmouth, and his name gives the titles to long ...

butternut

(Encyclopedia)butternut: see walnut.

Calicut

(Encyclopedia)Calicut, India: see Kozhikode.

Phut

(Encyclopedia)Phut fŭt [key], in the Bible, son of Ham and eponym of an African people. It may also be a region, possibly Punt or Libya, and is perhaps the same as Pul (2.) It also appears as Put. ...

pignut hickory

(Encyclopedia)pignut hickory: see hickory.

pine nut

(Encyclopedia)pine nut or piñon pĭnˈyən, pēˈnyōn [key], edible seed of various species of pine trees. Among the North American species that bear such edible seeds are the nut pines or piñons, Pinus edulis a...

Wilmut, Sir Ian

(Encyclopedia)Wilmut, Sir Ian, 1944– British embryologist, b. Warwickshire, England, Ph.D. Cambridge, 1971. While doing postdoctoral research at Cambridge, he was part of the team that produced Frostie, the first...

wingnut

(Encyclopedia)wingnut: see walnut.