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nicker nut
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nicker nut,
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 . Cæsalpinia Bonduc has yellowish seeds; Cæsalpinia Bonducella , bluish gray. [1913 Webster]
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