| apple nut 
 
 nutlike seed of a South American palm;
 the hard white shell takes a high polish and is used for e.g. buttons
 • Syn:
 ivory nut, vegetable ivory
 • Hypernyms:
 seed
 • Part Holonyms:
 ivory palm, ivory-nut palm, ivory plant, Phytelephas macrocarpa
 
 
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