vegetable ivory

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Origin of vegetable ivory

First recorded in 1835–45

Words nearby vegetable ivory

vegeburger, Vegemite, vegetable, vegetable butter, vegetable cellar, vegetable ivory, vegetable kingdom, vegetable marrow, vegetable oil, vegetable oyster, vegetable pear

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How to use vegetable ivory in a sentence

Preheat oven to 375°F. Heat the vegetable oil in a large, high-sided cast iron skillet.
Make Carla Hall’s Crispy Shallot Green Bean Casserole|Carla Hall|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Soon his coffers were overflowing with revenue from rubber, palm oil, and ivory.
‘Argo’ in the Congo: The Ghosts of the Stanleyville Hostage Crisis|Nina Strochlic|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
These goods were probably exchanged with Gedi inhabitants for animal skins and ivory.
Kenya Has Its Own Machu Picchu—the Lost Town of Gedi|Nina Strochlic|September 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The new regs say: “Personal possession of legally acquired items containing elephant ivory will remain legal.”
A World Without Elephants? Blame China|Michael Tomasky|August 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST

“We can only save African elephants if China and Japan ban the ivory trade,” Thornton told me.
A World Without Elephants? Blame China|Michael Tomasky|August 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Grain merchants and vegetable dealers jostled each other in the streets themselves.
Our Little Korean Cousin|H. Lee M. Pike
Clodd tells us that one cubic inch of rotten stone contains 41 thousand million vegetable skeletons of diatoms.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
Stradiuarius made a few instruments inlaid with ebony and ivory round the edges.
Violins and Violin Makers|Joseph Pearce
Even slight familiarity with the microscopic structure of vegetable tissue will prevent the chagrin of such errors.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
It is likewise formed daring the decay of animal and vegetable matters, and is consequently evolved from dung and compost heaps.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry|Thomas Anderson

British Dictionary definitions for vegetable ivory

vegetable ivory

noun

the hard whitish material obtained from the endosperm of the ivory nut: used to make buttons, ornaments, etc

another name for the ivory nut

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