nicker : Idioms & Phrases

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nicker nut

  • noun hard shiny grey seed of a bonduc tree; used for making e.g. jewelry
    bonduc nut; nicker nut.
WordNet
Nick"er nut`
Definitions
  1. A rounded seed, rather smaller than a nutmeg, having a hard smooth shell, and a yellowish or bluish color. The seeds grow in the prickly pods of tropical, woody climbers of the genus Cæsalpinia. C. Bonduc has yellowish seeds; C.Bonducella, bluish gray. Spelt also neckar nut, nickar nut.
Webster 1913

nicker seed

  • noun hard shiny grey seed of a bonduc tree; used for making e.g. jewelry
    bonduc nut; nicker nut.
WordNet

nicker tree

Nick"er tree`
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) The plant producing nicker nuts. Written also neckar tree and nickar tree.
Webster 1913