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corozo
CIDE DICTIONARY
corozo, n. [Cf. Sp. cerozo a kind of palm tree.].
The name in Central America for the seed of a true palm; also, a commercial name for the true ivory nut. See Ivory nut. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
corozo, n. (pl. -os) Bot. any of various palm-trees native to S. America.
Idiom
corozo-nut a seed of one species of palm, Phytelephas macrocarpa, which when hardened forms vegetable ivory: also called ivory-nut.
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