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vegetable ivory

veg·e·ta·ble i·vo·ry
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [vej-tuh-buh l, vej-i-tuh- ahy-vuh-ree, ahy-vree]
    • /ˈvɛdʒ tə bəl, ˈvɛdʒ ɪ tə- ˈaɪ və ri, ˈaɪ vri/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [vej-tuh-buh l, vej-i-tuh- ahy-vuh-ree, ahy-vree]
    • /ˈvɛdʒ tə bəl, ˈvɛdʒ ɪ tə- ˈaɪ və ri, ˈaɪ vri/

Definitions of vegetable ivory words

  • noun vegetable ivory ivory (def 9). 1
  • noun vegetable ivory the hard whitish material obtained from the endosperm of the ivory nut: used to make buttons, ornaments, etc 0
  • noun vegetable ivory the fully ripe, ivorylike seed of a South American palm (Phytelephas macrocarpa) used to make buttons, ornaments, etc. 0
  • noun vegetable ivory the shell of the coquilla nut 0
See all 4 definitions of vegetable ivory

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Origin of vegetable ivory

First appearance:

before 1835
One of the 34% newest English words
First recorded in 1835-45

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Parts of speech for Vegetable ivory

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Vegetable ivory

vegetable ivory popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 3% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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