pichurim bean

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun A cotyledon of the seed of the South American tree Nectandra Puchury.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• (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.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun botany The seed of a Brazilian lauraceous tree (Nectandra pichurim) of a taste and smell between those of nutmeg and sassafras, sometimes used medicinally.