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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Lec·y·this n.  Bot. A genus of gigantic trees, chiefly Brazilian, of the order Myrtaceæ, having woody capsules opening by an apical lid. Lecythis Zabucajo yields the delicious sapucaia nuts. Lecythis Ollaria produces the monkey-pots, its capsules. Its bark separates into thin sheets, like paper, used by the natives for cigarette wrappers.
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Mon·key-pot n. Zool. The fruit of two South American trees (Lecythis Ollaria, and Lecythis Zabucajo), which have for their fruit large, pot-shaped, woody capsules containing delicious nuts, and opening almost explosively by a circular lid at the top.  Vases and pots are made of this capsule.
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