ivory nut

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noun

the seed of a low, South American palm, Phytelephas macrocarpa, yielding vegetable ivory.

a similar seed from other palms.

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Origin of ivory nut

First recorded in 1915–20

Words nearby ivory nut

ivory, ivory-billed woodpecker, ivory black, Ivory Coast, ivory gull, ivory nut, ivory palm, ivory tower, ivorytype, ivory-white, ivorywood

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How to use ivory nut in a sentence

Beech-Nut is still in existence, and is the third largest baby food manufacturer in the United States.
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White King Soap sponsored the show on the West Coast, and Beech-Nut Gum in the East.
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Soon his coffers were overflowing with revenue from rubber, palm oil, and ivory.
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During the first 32 minutes of Left Behind, the message is this: Christians are nut jobs.
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This was a hard nut to crack, if his past were not to be ruthlessly severed from Angel's by a word.
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It is prepared from the nut of the areca palm, one of the most beautiful trees in the world.
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Stradiuarius made a few instruments inlaid with ebony and ivory round the edges.
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Her Nazarites were whiter than snow, purer than milk, more ruddy than the old ivory, fairer than the sapphire.
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For each guest there was a cocoa-nut shell, half-filled with miti, a sourish beverage extracted from the cocoa-palm.
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British Dictionary definitions for ivory nut

ivory nut

noun

the seed of the ivory palm, which contains an ivory-like substance used to make buttons, etc

any similar seed from other palms

Former name (1871–1932): vegetable ivory

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