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ivory palm — noun a stemless palm tree of Brazil and Peru bearing ivory nuts • Syn: ↑ivory nut palm, ↑ivory plant, ↑Phytelephas macrocarpa • Hypernyms: ↑feather palm • Member Holonyms: ↑phytelephas, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
ivory-nut palm — noun a stemless palm tree of Brazil and Peru bearing ivory nuts • Syn: ↑ivory palm, ↑ivory plant, ↑Phytelephas macrocarpa • Hypernyms: ↑feather palm • Member Holonyms: ↑phytelephas, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
ivory nut — noun nutlike seed of a South American palm; the hard white shell takes a high polish and is used for e.g. buttons • Syn: ↑vegetable ivory, ↑apple nut • Hypernyms: ↑seed • Part Holonyms: ↑ivory palm, ↑ivory nut palm, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Ivory — is formed from dentine and constitutes the bulk of the teeth and tusks of animals such as the elephant, hippopotamus, walrus, mammoth and narwhal.The word ivory was traditionally applied to the tusks of elephants; the word is ultimately from… … Wikipedia
ivory carving — Carving of ivory into decorative or utilitarian objects. It has flourished since prehistoric times. Most Stone Age carvings have been found in southern France, in the forms of small nude female figures and animals. A masterpiece of early Egyptian … Universalium
Ivory Coast — République de Côte d’Ivoire … Deutsch Wikipedia
vegetable ivory — noun nutlike seed of a South American palm; the hard white shell takes a high polish and is used for e.g. buttons • Syn: ↑ivory nut, ↑apple nut • Hypernyms: ↑seed • Part Holonyms: ↑ivory palm, ↑ivory nut palm, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Vegetable ivory — Vegetable Veg e*ta*ble, a. [F. v[ e]g[ e]table growing, capable of growing, formerly also, as a noun, a vegetable, from L. vegetabilis enlivening, from vegetare to enliven, invigorate, quicken, vegetus enlivened, vigorous, active, vegere to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Vegetable ivory — also known as corozo, is a name used for the tagua nut in the South American rainforest. When dried out, it can be carved as an ivory replica. Both humanitarians and environmentalists can appreciate it, for its use stimulates the economies in So … Wikipedia
Striga (plant) — Taxobox name = Striga regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Lamiales familia = Orobanchaceae genus = Striga Striga , commonly known as witchweed, is a genus of 28 species [ Kamal I. Mohamed, Lytton John Musselman … Wikipedia
