vegetable ivory (sense )
ivory nut
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ivory nut
noun
The seed of any of various tropical American palms of the genus Phytelephas, having a hard white endosperm that is the source of vegetable ivory, used for carving and manufacturing buttons. Also called tagua nut .
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