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| ==Nomenclature== | | ==Nomenclature== |
| [[Image:Brazil nuts.jpg|left|thumb|shelled Brazil nuts]] | | [[Image:Brazil nuts.jpg|left|thumb|shelled Brazil nuts]] |
− | Despite their name, the most significant exporter of Brazil nuts is not [[Brazil]] but [[Bolivia]], where they are called ''almendras''. In Brazil these nuts are called ''castanhas-do-Pará'', literally "chestnuts from [[Pará]]", but [[Acre (state)|Acre]]ans call them ''castanhas-do-Acre'' instead. Indigenous names include ''juvia'' in the Orinoco area, and ''sapucaia'' in Brazil. Though the term has largely fallen into disuse since | + | Despite their name, the most significant exporter of Brazil nuts is not [[Brazil]] but [[Bolivia]], where they are called ''almendras''. In Brazil these nuts are called ''castanhas-do-Pará'', literally "chestnuts from [[Pará]]", but [[Acre (state)|Acre]]ans call them ''castanhas-do-Acre'' instead. Indigenous names include ''juvia'' in the Orinoco area, and ''sapucaia'' in Brazil. Though the term has largely fallen into disuse since the latter 20th century because of its inflammatory nature, a common slang term for the nuts in some regions of the [[United States]] was "[[nigger]]-toes". |
− | the latter 20th century because of its inflammatory nature, a common slang term for the nuts in some regions of the [[United States]] was "[[nigger]]-toes".
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| [[Image:Brazilnut.jpg|right|thumb|Brazil nut]] | | [[Image:Brazilnut.jpg|right|thumb|Brazil nut]] |