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ivory nut

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ivory nut
n.
The seed of the ivory palm, having bony endosperm that is used as a substitute for true ivory.
ivory nut
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) the seed of the ivory palm, which contains an ivory-like substance used to make buttons, etc.
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any similar seed from other palms Also called vegetable ivory
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Noun1.ivory nutivory nut - nutlike seed of a South American palm; the hard white shell takes a high polish and is used for e.g. buttons
apple nut, vegetable ivory
ivory palm, ivory plant, ivory-nut palm, Phytelephas macrocarpa - a stemless palm tree of Brazil and Peru bearing ivory nuts
seed - a small hard fruit


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If he listens peaceably to the lecture, I shall fine him only a hundred thousand coconuts, five tons of ivory nut, one hundred fathoms of shell money, and twenty fat pigs.
Jerry of the Islands by London, Jack View in context
He had farmed savages and savagery, and from fever and hardship, the crack of Sniders and the lash of the overseers, had wrested five millions of money in the form of bˆche-de-mer, sandalwood, pearl-shell and turtle-shell, ivory nuts and copra, grasslands, trading stations, and plantations.
South Sea Tales by London, Jack View in context
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