ivory : Idioms & Phrases

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Ivory black

  • noun a black pigment made from grinding burnt ivory in oil
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  • . See under Black, n.
Webster 1913

ivory coast

  • noun a republic in western Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; one of the most prosperous and politically stable countries in Africa
    Cote d'Ivoire; Republic of Cote d'Ivoire.
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ivory coast franc

  • noun the basic unit of money in the Ivory Coast
    Cote d'Ivoire franc.
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Ivory gull

  • noun white Arctic gull; migrates as far south as England and New Brunswick
    Pagophila eburnea.
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  • (Zoöl.), a white Arctic gull (Larus eburneus).
Webster 1913

Ivory nut

  • noun nutlike seed of a South American palm; the hard white shell takes a high polish and is used for e.g. buttons
    apple nut; ivory nut.
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  • (Bot.), the nut of a species of palm, the Phytephas macroarpa, often as large as a hen's egg. When young the seed contains a fluid, which gradually hardness into a whitish, close-grained, albuminous substance, resembling the finest ivory in texture and color, whence it is called vegetable ivory. It is wrought into various articles, as buttons, chessmen, etc. The palm is found in New Grenada. A smaller kind is the fruit of the Phytephas microarpa. The nuts are known in commerce as Corosso nuts.
Webster 1913

Ivory palm

  • noun a stemless palm tree of Brazil and Peru bearing ivory nuts
    ivory palm; Phytelephas macrocarpa; ivory plant.
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  • (Bot.), the palm tree which produces ivory nuts.
Webster 1913

ivory plant

  • noun a stemless palm tree of Brazil and Peru bearing ivory nuts
    ivory palm; Phytelephas macrocarpa; ivory plant.
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Ivory shell

  • (Zoöl.), any species of Eburna, a genus of marine gastropod shells, having a smooth surface, usually white with red or brown spots.
Webster 1913

ivory tower

  • noun a state of mind that is discussed as if it were a place
    • he lived in the ivory tower of speculation
    • they viewed universities as ivory towers
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ivory tree

  • noun tropical Asian tree with hard white wood and bark formerly used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea
    kurchi; Holarrhena antidysenterica; Holarrhena pubescens; kurchee; conessi.
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ivory-bill

I"vo*ry-bill` noun
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  1. (Zoöl.) A large, handsome, North American woodpecker (Campephilus principalis), having a large, sharp, ivory-colored beak. Its general color is glossy black, with white secondaries, and a white dorsal stripe. The male has a large, scarlet crest. It is now rare, and found only in the Gulf States.
Webster 1913

ivory-billed woodpecker

  • noun large black-and-white woodpecker of southern United States and Cuba having an ivory bill; nearly extinct
    Campephilus principalis; ivorybill.
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ivory-nut palm

  • noun a stemless palm tree of Brazil and Peru bearing ivory nuts
    ivory palm; Phytelephas macrocarpa; ivory plant.
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Vegetable ivory

  • noun nutlike seed of a South American palm; the hard white shell takes a high polish and is used for e.g. buttons
    apple nut; ivory nut.
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  • the meat of the ivory nut. See Ivory nut (above).
  • . See Ivory nut, under Ivory.
Webster 1913