vegetable ivory
Origin of vegetable ivory
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How to use vegetable ivory in a sentence
The forests yield cinchona bark, caoutchouc, sarsaparilla, and vegetable ivory.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia | VariousSubstitution of vegetable ivory for metal in buttons was attempted.
America's Munitions 1917-1918 | Benedict CrowellAmong those products of the palm which we import most liberally is "vegetable ivory."
Miscellanea | Juliana Horatia Ewingvegetable ivory is the kernel of the fruit of one of the most beautiful of palms (Phytelephas macrocarpa).
Miscellanea | Juliana Horatia EwingThe roofs are of thatch, for which the leaves of the yarina or vegetable-ivory tree are generally used.
The Putumayo, The Devil's Paradise | Walter Hardenburg
British Dictionary definitions for vegetable ivory
the hard whitish material obtained from the endosperm of the ivory nut: used to make buttons, ornaments, etc
another name for the ivory nut
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