ivory palm

American  

noun

1. the palm bearing the common ivory nut.

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ivory palm British  

noun

1. a low-growing South American palm tree, Phytelephas macrocarpa, that yields the ivory nut

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Etymology

Origin of ivory palm

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

Immediately European nations saw the opportunity to develop trade with the wealthy kingdom, importing ivory, palm oil and pepper – and exporting guns.

From The Guardian • Mar. 18, 2016

First the Portuguese, then the Dutch, Danes and British moved in to start the scramble for pepper, ivory, palm oil and slaves.

From Time Magazine Archive

Well, it is a vegetable ivory palm, and they run to about fifty or sixty feet.

From The Lost World by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

These steamers carry on an exchange of European goods for ivory, palm oil, and butter from the olivelike seeds of the butter tree.

From The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa by Badlam, Anna B.

In addition to slave trading, there was considerable dealing in ivory, palm oils, and other African products.

From The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent by Knox, Thomas Wallace