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English noun: vegetable ivory

1. vegetable ivory (plant) nutlike seed of a South American palm; the hard white shell takes a high polish and is used for e.g. buttons


Synonymsapple nut, ivory nut


Broader (hypernym)seed


Part meronymivory palm, ivory plant, ivory-nut palm, Phytelephas macrocarpa









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