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单词 vegetable ivory
释义

vegetable ivory


noun

ivory (def. 9).

Origin of vegetable ivory

First recorded in 1835–45

Words nearby vegetable ivory

vegeburger, Vegemite, vegetable, vegetable butter, vegetable cellar, vegetable ivory, vegetable kingdom, vegetable marrow, vegetable oil, vegetable oyster, vegetable pear
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Example sentences from the Web for vegetable ivory

  • The roofs are of thatch, for which the leaves of the yarina or vegetable-ivory tree are generally used.

    The Putumayo, The Devil's Paradise|Walter Hardenburg

British Dictionary definitions for vegetable ivory

vegetable ivory

noun

the hard whitish material obtained from the endosperm of the ivory nut: used to make buttons, ornaments, etc
another name for the ivory nut
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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