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Definition of Ivory nut

1. Noun. Nutlike seed of a South American palm; the hard white shell takes a high polish and is used for e.g. buttons.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ivory Nut

Literary usage of Ivory nut

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

1. Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue by Robert Ellis, Great Britain Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851, London Great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations, 1851 (1851)
"Specimens of the vegetable ivory nut, showu in section and in their ... [The ivory nut is the seed of a dwarf palm tree, producing its fruits iu large round ..."

2. The Microscopy of Vegetable Foods: With Special Reference to the Detection by Andrew Lincoln Winton, Josef Moeller (1906)
"... thick as those in the ivory-nut, furthermore, the tissues of the ... POLYNESIAN IVORY-NUT. Of late years, seeds of several species of ..."

3. Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue of the Great Exhibition of by Great Exhibition (1851)
"Sundry fancy articles manufactured out of the vegetable ivory nut. Ladies' table cushion, with fittings complete, in vegetable ..."

4. The Nut Culturist: A Treatise on the Propagation, Planting and Cultivation by Andrew Samuel Fuller (1896)
"ivory nut.—There are two species of palms producing nuts hard enough to be employed as a substitute for ivory, in the manufacture of small articles of ..."

5. The Utilization of Waste Products: A Treatise on the Rational Utilization by Theodor Koller, Herbert Britwhistle Stocks (1918)
"The hardening experiment was then repeated with fresh ivory-nut powder; in regard to the ... Although the hardness of the iron immersed in the ivory-nut was ..."

6. The Utilisation of Waste Products: A Treatise on the Rational Utilisation by Theodor Koller (1902)
"The hardening experiment was then repeated with fresh ivory-nut powder; in regard to the ... Although the hardness of the iron immersed in the ivory-nut was ..."

7. Treatise on Applied Analytical Chemistry: Methods and Standards for the by Vittorio Villavecchia (1918)
"Ivory-nut meal [Plate V (at end of chapter), Fig. 38] is detected by the following microscopical test: The flour is treated with 3% soda solution and left ..."

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