NOUN
- nutlike seed of a South American palm; the hard white shell takes a high polish and is used for e.g. buttons
How To Use vegetable ivory In A Sentence
- Along the banks grew knob thorns, sausage trees, vegetable ivory, ilala palms, mangoes, wild figs, tamarinds and mahogany, as well as the ubiquitous acacia.
- The vegetation had again changed, and only the vegetable ivory tree remained, with a great profusion of wonderful orchids, among which I learned to recognize the rare Nuttonia Vexillaria and the glorious pink and scarlet blossoms of Cattleya and odontoglossum. The Lost World
- Rubber, copaiba, tolu, and vegetable ivory [59] are gathered by Indians from the forests. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges
- Along the banks grew knob thorns, sausage trees, vegetable ivory, ilala palms, mangoes, wild figs, tamarinds and mahogany, as well as the ubiquitous acacia.
