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Indeed exports to Europe began in the 19th Century in order to meet the demand for an ivory-like raw material.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2017

In fact, the scientific name for the six species of palm trees that produce tagua is Phytelephas, which means elephant plant, a nod to the ivory-like quality of the seeds.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2017

In Africa and South America, tribesmen have hunted it for its delectable meat�not unlike veal�as well as its fat and oil, leathery skin and ivory-like bone.

From Time Magazine Archive

The ribs are used by the natives, on account of their hard ivory-like structure, for shoeing the runners of the sledges or for carvings.

From The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II by Leslie, Alexander, fl. 1879-1882

The flesh is very pale and ivory-like in tone, but the dress is enlivened by little crisp scarlet and gold touches in the narrow laces which tie the sleeves.

From Line and Form (1900) by Crane, Walter