vegetable ivory
noun
Origin of vegetable ivory
First recorded in 1835–45
Words nearby vegetable ivory
vegeburger,
vegemite,
vegetable,
vegetable butter,
vegetable cellar,
vegetable ivory,
vegetable marrow,
vegetable oil,
vegetable oyster,
vegetable sheep,
vegetable silk
Example sentences from the Web for vegetable ivory
The roofs are of thatch, for which the leaves of the yarina or vegetable-ivory tree are generally used.
The Putumayo, The Devil's Paradise |Walter Hardenburg
British Dictionary definitions for vegetable ivory
vegetable ivory
noun
the hard whitish material obtained from the endosperm of the ivory nut: used to make buttons, ornaments, etc
another name for the ivory nut