Noun: ivory plant I-vu-ree plãnt
- A stemless palm tree of Brazil and Peru bearing ivory nuts
"Craftsmen carved the hard nuts of the ivory plant into buttons and small ornaments";
- ivory palm, ivory-nut palm, Phytelephas macrocarpa
Derived forms: ivory plants
Type of: feather palm
Part of: genus Phytelephas, phytelephas