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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 nutsplay

  Familiarity information: IVORY PLANT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


IVORY PLANT (noun)


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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