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Definition of Chilean nut
1. Noun. Chilean shrub bearing coral-red fruit with an edible seed resembling a hazelnut.
Group relationships: Genus Guevina, Guevina
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chilean Nut
Literary usage of Chilean nut
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Forty years in the medical profession, 1858-1898 by John Janvier Black (1900)
"Chilean nut.—A most beautiful tree, and is growing successfully in California,
Guci'ina avellana. The fruit has an agreeable nut-like taste, but in its raw ..."
2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1915)
"Chilean nut. CHILE HAZEL. An evergreen tree, with large, alternate odd-pinnate,
dark green, glossy Ivs. and white, hermaphrodite fls. in long, ..."
3. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry (1913)
"Origin: Chance seedling from a Chilean nut planted In California; specimens
supplied by EM Price, crop of 11)10 (PI. VIII). ..."
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