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nounthe largest Latin American country and the largest Portuguese speaking country in the world; located in the central and northeastern part of South America; world's leading coffee exporter
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nounthree-sided tropical American nut with white oily meat and hard brown shell
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- vargas Brazilian statesman who ruled Brazil as a virtual dictator (1883-1954)
- carnauba Brazilian fan palm having an edible root; source of a useful leaf fiber and a brittle yellowish wax
- pitanga Brazilian tree with spicy red fruit; often cultivated in California and Florida
- genus bertholletia brazil nut
- anadenanthera colubrina Brazilian shrub having twice-pinnate leaves and small spicate flowers followed by flat or irregularly torulose pods; sometimes placed in genus Piptadenia
- kingwood tree Brazilian tree yielding a handsome cabinet wood
- bahia coquilla Brazilian palm yielding fibers used in making ropes, mats, and brushes
- arariba Brazilian tree with handsomely marked wood
- cabbage palm Brazilian palm of genus Euterpe whose leaf buds are eaten like cabbage when young
- heitor villa-lobos Brazilian composer (1887-1959)