corozo nut
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nut — Synonyms and related words: Brazil nut, English walnut, Macadamia nut, acorn, addict, aficionado, alien, aliene, almond, almond paste, amande, amande douce, amandes mondees, amateur, authority, bean, bedlamite, beechnut, ben nut, berry, betel nut … Moby Thesaurus
corozo — n. (pl. os) Bot. any of various palm trees native to S. America. Phrases and idioms: corozo nut a seed of one species of palm, Phytelephas macrocarpa, which when hardened forms vegetable ivory: also called ivory nut. Etymology: Sp … Useful english dictionary
Corozo — Co*ro zo ||Corosso Co*ros so (k? r? th? or s?), n. [Cf. Sp. cerozo a kind of palm tree.] The name in Central America for the seed of a true palm; also, a commercial name for the true ivory nut. See {Ivory nut}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
corosso nut — Corozo nut. Ivory nut … New dictionary of synonyms
corozo — noun Any of several Central American palms; the nut produced by these trees … Wiktionary
ivory — n. (pl. ies) 1 a hard creamy white substance composing the main part of the tusks of an elephant, hippopotamus, walrus, and narwhal. 2 the colour of this. 3 (usu. in pl.) a an article made of ivory. b sl. anything made of or resembling ivory, esp … Useful english dictionary
Corosso — Corozo Co*ro zo ||Corosso Co*ros so (k? r? th? or s?), n. [Cf. Sp. cerozo a kind of palm tree.] The name in Central America for the seed of a true palm; also, a commercial name for the true ivory nut. See {Ivory nut}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
List of trees and shrubs by taxonomic family — The following is a list of trees and shrubs of high notoriety. Taxonomic families for the following trees and shrubs are listed in alphabetical order, likewise the genera and closely related species.=GYMNOSPERMS= =CONIFERS= Araucariaceae: The… … Wikipedia
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