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IVORY PLANT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ivory plant mean?
• IVORY PLANT (noun)
The noun IVORY PLANT has 1 sense:
1. a stemless palm tree of Brazil and Peru bearing ivory nuts
Familiarity information: IVORY PLANT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A stemless palm tree of Brazil and Peru bearing ivory nuts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
ivory-nut palm; ivory palm; ivory plant; Phytelephas macrocarpa
Hypernyms ("ivory plant" is a kind of...):
feather palm (palm having pinnate or featherlike leaves)
Meronyms (parts of "ivory plant"):
apple nut; ivory nut; vegetable ivory (nutlike seed of a South American palm; the hard white shell takes a high polish and is used for e.g. buttons)
Holonyms ("ivory plant" is a member of...):
genus Phytelephas; phytelephas (small genus of South American feather palms)
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