Ivory-nut Palm (Noun)
Meaning
A stemless palm tree of Brazil and Peru bearing ivory nuts.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The ivory-nut palm, a plant species found in Brazil and Peru, grows up to six meters tall in a large clump.
- It has massive palmate leaves with an interesting blueish-gray tint on the underside and it's native to the tropical forests of South America where the ivory-nut palm is known to thrive.
- Large fan-shaped leaves grow in an almost perfect rosette at the top of a subterranean stem on an ivory-nut palm tree.
- Phytelephas is commonly referred to as the ivory-nut palm and the trees in this genus produce massive edible palm seeds, sometimes also known as vegetable ivory.
- There is another smaller ivory-nut palm with white inflorescences called Phytelephas aequatorialis found mainly in Brazil.