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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. hard shiny grey seed of a bonduc tree; used for making e.g. jewelry;
[syn: bonduc nut, nicker nut, nicker seed]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Nicker nut \Nick"er nut`\ A rounded seed, rather smaller than a nutmeg, having a hard smooth shell, and a yellowish or bluish color. The seeds grow in the prickly pods of tropical, woody climbers of the genus Caesalpinia. Caesalpinia Bonduc has yellowish seeds; Caesalpinia Bonducella, bluish gray. [Spelt also neckar nut, nickar nut.] [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

nicker nut n 1: hard shiny grey seed of a bonduc tree; used for making e.g. jewelry [syn: bonduc nut, nicker nut, nicker seed]