1. Nutlike seed of a South American palm; the hard white shell takes a high polish and is used for e.g. buttons
   - ivory nut, apple nut

Derived forms: vegetable ivories

Type of: seed

Part of: ivory palm, ivory plant, ivory-nut palm, Phytelephas macrocarpa

Encyclopedia: Vegetable ivory

• hew out
• hewer
• hewn
• hex
• hex nut
• hexa-
• hexachlorophene
• hexachord
• hexacosanoic acid
• hexad
• hexadecanoic acid
• hexadecimal
• hexadecimal digit
• hexadecimal notation
• hexadecimal number system
• hexadecimal system
• Hexadrol
• hexagon
• hexagonal
• hexagram
• Hexagrammidae
• Hexagrammos
• Hexagrammos decagrammus
• hexahedron
• Hexalectris