saouari, souari
(saʊˈɑːrɪ)
Also souarri, s(o)u(w)arrow, sawarrow, sawarra, sawari, sawarri, saouwarri, sewarri; corruptly savory.
[a. Galibi (Cayenne) sawarra; in the Gal.-Fr. dict. of 1763 written saouari.]
saouari nut, the ‘butter-nut’ of Caryocar nuciferum and C. tomentosum, lofty trees of Guyana. saouari wood, the hard durable timber of these trees, used for shipbuilding.
| 1806 G. Pinckard W. Indies III. 287 The Souwarrow nut. 1829 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XX. 7 The Savory tree is famed for its immense fruit. 1836 Penny Cycl. VI. 333/2 The Suwarrow or more properly Saouari nuts of commerce. 1842 Penny Cycl. XXIII. 184/2 Suarrow-nut (Caryocar). 1849 Balfour Man. Bot. §808 Rhizobolaceæ, the Souari-nut Family. 1855 H. G. Dalton Hist. Brit. Guiana II. 213 Saouwarri, saouari, or sewarri nut. 1858 Baird Cycl. Nat. Sci. 410/2 Pekea tuberculosa yields a nut known in the shops by the name of the Saouari or Sawarra nuts. 1866 Treas. Bot., Saouari or Souari-wood. Ibid., Souari-nuts. 1884 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 664/2 The Souari or Surahwa nut, called also the ‘Butter nut of Demerara’, and by fruiterers the ‘Suwarrow nut’. 1885 A. Brassey The Trades 112 The souari or butter-nuts..contain even more oleaginous matter. |