Pichurim bean

Pich´u`rim bean`

    (pĭch´ũ`rĭm bēn`)

1.

(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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.