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snake nut1846
1846 J. LindleyVeg. Kingdom 383 The nut of a Demerara tree, called the Snake-nut, in consequence of the large embryo, resembling a snake coiled up.
1849 J. H. BalfourMan. Bot. §807Ophiocaryon paradoxum, is the Snake-nut-tree of Demerara.