vegetable ivory
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Noun (1)
- nutlike seed of a South American palm; the hard white shell takes a high polish and is used for e.g. buttonsSynonyms: ivory nutapple nutType of seedPart of ivory palm, ivory-nut palm
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Vegetable ivory
the meat of the ivory nut. See Ivory nut (above).
From the entry Ivory.
Vegetable ivory
From the entry Vegetable.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54