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Noun: ivory-nut palm
  1. A stemless palm tree of Brazil and Peru bearing ivory nuts
    "Craftsmen carved the hard nuts of the ivory-nut palm into buttons and small ornaments";
    - ivory palm, ivory plant, Phytelephas macrocarpa

Derived forms: ivory-nut palms

Type of: feather palm

Part of: genus Phytelephas, phytelephas

Encyclopedia: Ivory-nut palm