| 单词 | ivory palm |
| 释义 | > as lemmasivory palm ivory palm n. (also ivory nut palm) a South American palm of the genus Phytelephas, or a Micronesian one of the genus Metroxylon, both of which bear nuts yielding vegetable ivory. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants, nuts, seeds, or fruits used as beads or vessels > [noun] > vegetable ivory palm or seed Negro's head1670 corozo1758 tagua1830 vegetable ivory1842 ivory palm1844 ivory-plant1866 the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > ivory palm Negro's head1670 corozo1758 tagua1830 ivory palm1844 ivory-plant1866 1844 W. Purdie Let. 14 Dec. in Compan. Bot. Mag. (1847) 73 11 The Phytelephas (Vegetable Ivory Palm) is procurable at Sta. Martha. 1844 W. Purdie Let. 14 Dec. in Compan. Bot. Mag. (1847) 73 12 I think of ascending the Magdalena, and myself collecting growing plants and seeds of the Ivory Palm. 1857 A. Gray First Lessons Bot. (1866) 136 In the Ivory Palm it has the hardness as well as the general appearance of ivory. 1871 C. Kingsley At Last I. viii. 303 The ripe fruit [of the Moriche palm] contains first a rich pulpy nut, and at last a hard cone, something like that of the vegetable ivory palm. 1916 Jrnl. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 24 iv. 682 Names of the Tree [sc. Phytelephas macrocarpa]. English: Large-fruited Ivory Plant, Ivory Palm, Ivory nut Palm, Vegetable Ivory Plant. 1951 J. H. Kraemer Trees W. Pacific Region 10 In this genus [sc. Metroxylon] are the sago palms and the ivory-nut palms. 1966 E. J. H. Corner Nat. Hist. Palms xiii. 315 This anomalous species is the Caroline ivory-nut palm, M[etroxylon] amicorum of Micronesia. < as lemmas |
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