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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SAPUCAIA

Sap `u *ca "ia (; Pg. , n. Etym: [Pg. sapucaya.] (Bot. )

 

Defn: A Brazilian tree. See Lecythis, and Monkey-pot. [Written also sapucaya.] Sapucaia nut (Bot. ), the seed of the sapucaia; -- called also paradise nut.