monkey-pot
/ˈmʌŋkɪˌpɒt/noun
1The lidded woody capsule of any of several trees of the genus Lecythis (family Lecythidaceae), of tropical South America, which is used to trap monkeys; (more fully monkey-pot tree) a tree of the genus Lecythis or the family Lecythidaceae.
2A vessel used in tropical countries for cooling drinking water.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in John Balfour (1808–1884), botanist. From monkey + pot.
- fossil record
- fossil screw
- fossil water
- fossil wax
- fossil wood
- fossor
- fossorial
- fossorial Hymenoptera
- fossula
- fossulate
- fossule
- foster
- foster-
- fosterage
- foster care
- foster child
- fosterer
- foster family
- foster father
- foster home
- Foster, Jodie
- fosterling
- foster mother
- Foster, Sir Norman
- Foster, Stephen