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单词 vegetable ivory
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vegetable ivory


vegetable ivory

n. A hard ivorylike material obtained from the ivory nut and used in making small objects such as buttons.

vegetable ivory

n 1. (Elements & Compounds) the hard whitish material obtained from the endosperm of the ivory nut: used to make buttons, ornaments, etc 2. (Plants) another name for the ivory nut

veg′etable i′vory


n. the hard endosperm of the ivory nut, used to make buttons, ornamentation, etc. [1835–45]
Thesaurus
Noun1.vegetable ivory - nutlike seed of a South American palmvegetable ivory - nutlike seed of a South American palm; the hard white shell takes a high polish and is used for e.g. buttonsapple nut, ivory nutivory palm, ivory plant, ivory-nut palm, Phytelephas macrocarpa - a stemless palm tree of Brazil and Peru bearing ivory nutsseed - a small hard fruit

vegetable ivory


vegetable ivory:

see taguatagua
, fruit of the ivory, or ivory-nut, palms (Phytelephas species), which flourish in tropical America from Paraguay to Panama. The female palms bear large woody, burrlike fruits, each containing several seeds about the size of hen's eggs in P. macrocarpa.
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Vegetable Ivory

 

a natural product obtained from the seeds of the South American palm Phytelephas makrocarpa. The tree’s large aggregate fruit contains numerous seeds, each one the size of a hen’s egg. Under the brown casing of the seed there is a white cornaceous endosperm. The endosperm, which is extremely hard, is used to imitate ivory in the manufacture of buttons and other small items. Ecuador is the world’s principal exporter of vegetable ivory, with annual exports reaching 20,000 tons.

vegetable ivory

[′vej·tə·bəl ‚īv·rē] (materials) A material from the ivory nut, a seed of the palm Phytelephas macrocarpa, which grows in tropical America; the nut has a white color and fine texture and is used to make buttons and similar small articles.

vegetable ivory


  • noun

Synonyms for vegetable ivory

noun nutlike seed of a South American palm

Synonyms

  • apple nut
  • ivory nut

Related Words

  • ivory palm
  • ivory plant
  • ivory-nut palm
  • Phytelephas macrocarpa
  • seed
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