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Webster 1913 Edition

Pichurim bean

Pich′u-rim beanˊ

(pĭch′ū̍-rĭm bēnˊ)

.

(Bot.)

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

.