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Phytelephas n. (Bot.) A genus of South American palm trees, the seeds of which furnish the substance called vegetable ivory.

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... Trees, 1871, pp. 99, 115.) Why should not the industry and ingenuity which have wrought such wonders in our horticulture produce analogous results when applied to the cultivation and amelioration of larger vegetables Might not, for instance, the ivory nut, the fruit of the Phytelephas macrocarpa, possibly be so increased in size as to serve nearly all the purposes of animal ivory now becoming so scarce Might not the various milk-producing trees become, by cultivation, a really important source of nutriment to the inhabitants of warm ...

— The Earth as Modified by Human Action • George P. Marsh

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Words linked to "Phytelephas" : ivory palm, Palmae, plant genus, family Palmae, palm family, ivory-nut palm, family Palmaceae, Arecaceae, Phytelephas macrocarpa, genus Phytelephas, Palmaceae