: a tall South American tree (Bertholletia excelsa of the family Lecythidaceae) that bears large globular capsules each containing several closely packed roughly triangular oily edible nuts
also
: its nut
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Brazil Nuts 107 mg per 1 oz, or 25% DV
Nuts like Brazil nuts are high in magnesium.
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Jillian Kubala, Health, 20 May 2025
Brazil Nuts Brazil nuts are loaded with vitamin E, healthy fats, and selenium.
—Julie Marks, Verywell Health, 19 May 2025
Nuts While pecans and peanuts are grown in the United States, nuts like cashews, pine nuts, macadamias, and Brazil nuts are mostly imported.
—Erica Gerald Mason, People.com, 19 Apr. 2025
Nuts and seeds, including hemp seeds, sesame seeds, Brazil nuts, cashews, and almonds, are excellent sources of magnesium.
—Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 3 Apr. 2025
Nuts and seeds, such as hemp seeds, chia seeds, Brazil nuts, almonds, cashews, and pumpkin seeds, are excellent options for boosting the magnesium content of your diet.
—Jillian Kubala, Health, 17 Mar. 2025
One ounce of Brazil nuts (about six nuts) contains 544 micrograms (mcg) of selenium.3 Limit your intake of Brazil nuts to avoid having too much selenium in your body.
—Carrie Madormo, Rn, Mph, Verywell Health, 1 Feb. 2025
While a typical 28-gram serving of Brazil nuts contains 0.47 to 0.80 micro-sieverts, the maximum radioactivity found in a single mussel was 63.42 μSv.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
Nuts like almonds, Brazil nuts, cashews, and walnuts are packed with healthy fats, protein, fiber, vitamins, minerals, and antioxidant-rich compounds called phytochemicals.
—Johna Burdeos, Health, 7 Jan. 2025
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Jillian Kubala, Health, 20 May 2025
Brazil Nuts Brazil nuts are loaded with vitamin E, healthy fats, and selenium.
—Julie Marks, Verywell Health, 19 May 2025
Nuts While pecans and peanuts are grown in the United States, nuts like cashews, pine nuts, macadamias, and Brazil nuts are mostly imported.
—Erica Gerald Mason, People.com, 19 Apr. 2025
Nuts and seeds, including hemp seeds, sesame seeds, Brazil nuts, cashews, and almonds, are excellent sources of magnesium.
—Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 3 Apr. 2025
Nuts and seeds, such as hemp seeds, chia seeds, Brazil nuts, almonds, cashews, and pumpkin seeds, are excellent options for boosting the magnesium content of your diet.
—Jillian Kubala, Health, 17 Mar. 2025
One ounce of Brazil nuts (about six nuts) contains 544 micrograms (mcg) of selenium.3 Limit your intake of Brazil nuts to avoid having too much selenium in your body.
—Carrie Madormo, Rn, Mph, Verywell Health, 1 Feb. 2025
While a typical 28-gram serving of Brazil nuts contains 0.47 to 0.80 micro-sieverts, the maximum radioactivity found in a single mussel was 63.42 μSv.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
Nuts like almonds, Brazil nuts, cashews, and walnuts are packed with healthy fats, protein, fiber, vitamins, minerals, and antioxidant-rich compounds called phytochemicals.
—Johna Burdeos, Health, 7 Jan. 2025
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Brazil nut
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Bra·zil nut
brə-ˌzil- 
: a large 3-sided oily edible nut that occurs packed inside the round fruit of a tall tree of tropical South America
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