WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
i′vory nut′, 
    1. Plant Biologythe seed of a low, South American palm, Phytelephas macrocarpa, yielding vegetable ivory.
    2. Plant Biologya similar seed from other palms.
    • 1915–20

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
ivory nut
  1. the seed of the ivory palm, which contains an ivory-like substance used to make buttons, etc
  2. any similar seed from other palms

Formerly called: vegetable ivory
'ivory nut' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
ivory - ivory palm - mannan - mannose - vegetable ivory

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