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A rectangular box (such as a box of breakfast cereal) or cylinder (such as a can of nuts) works well to favour the effect, [citation needed] while a container with outwardly slanting walls (such as in a conical or spherical geometry) results in what is known as the reverse Brazil nut effect.
It has a hard, woody shell 8–12 mm (3 ⁄ 8 – 1 ⁄ 2 in) thick, which contains eight to 24 wedge-shaped seeds 4–5 cm (1 + 5 ⁄ 8 –2 in) long (the "Brazil nuts") packed like the segments of an orange, but not limited to one whorl of segments. Up to three whorls can be stacked onto each other, with the polar ends of the segments of the ...
The expression "in a nutshell" (of a story, proof, etc.) means "in essence", metaphorically alluding to the fact that the essence of the nut - its edible part - is contained inside its shell. The expression further gave rise to the journalistic term nut graph , short for nutshell paragraph .
Barringtonia acutangula (Freshwater Mangrove) fruits in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Careya arborea in Narsapur, Medak district, India.. The Lecythidaceae (/ ˌ l ɛ s ɪ θ ɪ ˈ d eɪ ʃ iː / LESS-ith-ih-DAY-shee) comprise a family of about 20 genera and 250–300 species of woody plants native to tropical South America, Africa (including Madagascar), Asia and Australia.
The seeds have eight to 24 clusters inside a hard shell that resemble the segments of an orange. ... Brazil nuts are a tough nut to crack. The shell is rock hard. And even with a nutcracker, it ...
Consuming about 8 grams of Brazil nuts per day may reduce inflammation and improve intestinal permeability in women on a calorie-reduced diet for obesity, a new study finds.
Lid removed and showing nuts with cream-coloured arils Leaves and flowers Lecythis zabucajo , [ 1 ] the sapucaia or paradise nut , is a large nut-producing tree occurring in the Guianas , Suriname , Venezuela , Ecuador , Honduras and Brazil , and which distribution range is much the same as that of the greater spear-nosed bat ( Phyllostomus ...
None of these pages have usage notes. But Wiktionary implies that "brazil nut" is the primary term, which somewhat contradicts what we have here. Dictionaries are split on the matter; moreover, the OUP can't seem to make up its mind: Oxford Paperback (2001 edition) has it as "brazil nut", with no mention of any of the other 3 terms.