Definition of Bonduc nut

1. Noun. Hard shiny grey seed of a bonduc tree; used for making e.g. jewelry.

Exact synonyms: Nicker Nut, Nicker Seed
Group relationships: Bonduc, Bonduc Tree, Caesalpinia Bonduc, Caesalpinia Bonducella
Generic synonyms: Seed

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bonduc Nut

bondman
bondmen
bonds
bondservant
bondservants
bondslave
bondslavery
bondslaves
bondsman
bondsmen
bondstone
bondstones
bondswoman
bondswomen
bonduc
bonduc nut (current term)
bonduc tree
bonducs
bondwoman
bondwomen
bone-ash cup
bone-chilling
bone-covered
bone-crunching
bone-dry
bone-dry(a)
bone-eating snot flower worm
bone-fire
bone-fires

Literary usage of Bonduc nut

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Technologist (1863)
"NATA, THE bonduc nut, AND ITS PROPERTIES. Attention lias recently Ix'eii drawn in some of the continental and English periodical**, to the medical uses of ..."

2. A Practical Treatise on Animal and Vegetable Fats and Oils: Comprising Both by William Theodore Brannt, Karl Schaedler (1896)
"... very little of it reaching England and France, and none of it the rest of the Continent of Europe. 3. bonduc nut oil or fever nut oil ..."

3. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society by Bombay Natural History Society (1888)
"Bony coverings or shells protect many seeds. The sea cocoanut and bonduc nut are carried about by the ocean for months without losing their ..."

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