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Meaning of "vegetable ivory" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF VEGETABLE IVORY

vegetable ivory


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VEGETABLE IVORY

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Vegetable ivory is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES VEGETABLE IVORY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Vegetable ivory

Vegetable ivory is a product made from the very hard white endosperm of the seeds of certain palm trees. Vegetable ivory is named for its resemblance to elephant ivory. Species in the genus Phytelephas, native to South America are the most important sources of vegetable ivory. The seeds of Metroxylon amicarum, from Micronesia and Hyphaene ventricosa, from Africa are also used to produce vegetable ivory.

Definition of vegetable ivory in the English dictionary

The definition of vegetable ivory in the dictionary is the hard whitish material obtained from the endosperm of the ivory nut: used to make buttons, ornaments, etc.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VEGETABLE IVORY

vegetable · vegetable butter · vegetable dish · vegetable fat · vegetable garden · vegetable kingdom · vegetable knife · vegetable knives · vegetable marrow · vegetable oil · vegetable oyster · vegetable patch · vegetable salad · vegetable sheep · vegetable silk · vegetable slicer · vegetable soup · vegetable sponge · vegetable tallow · vegetable wax

WORDS THAT END LIKE VEGETABLE IVORY

accessory · advisory · black ivory · carnivory · category · directory · factory · flavory · herbivory · history · introductory · ivory · laboratory · memory · omnivory · savory · story · territory · theory · victory

Synonyms and antonyms of vegetable ivory in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «vegetable ivory» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF VEGETABLE IVORY

Find out the translation of vegetable ivory to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of vegetable ivory from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «vegetable ivory» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

蔬菜象牙
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

marfil vegetal
570 millions of speakers
en

English

vegetable ivory
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

वनस्पति आइवरी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

العاج النباتي
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

растительное слоновой кости
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

marfim vegetal
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

সবজি আইভরি
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

ivoire végétal
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Gading sayuran
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

pflanzliches Elfenbein
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

植物象牙
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

야채 아이보리
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Sayuran ivory
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ngà thực vật
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

காய்கறி தந்தம்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

भाजी हस्तिदंत
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Sebze fildişi
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

avorio vegetale
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

kości słoniowej warzyw
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

рослинне слонової кістки
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

fildeș vegetal
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φυτικό ελεφαντόδοντο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

groente- ivoor
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vegetabiliskt elfenben
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vegetabilsk elfenben
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about vegetable ivory

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VEGETABLE IVORY»

Discover the use of vegetable ivory in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to vegetable ivory and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Experiment Station Record
In digestion experiments sheep readily ate a mixture of English hay, gluten meal, and finely ground vegetable ivory, 10:3:4 by weight. The average percentage digestibility of vegetable-ivory meal in two experiments in which five sheep were  ...
‎1917
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Experiment station r
In digestion experiments sheep readily ate a mixture of English hay, gluten meal, and finely ground vegetable ivory, 10 : 3 : 4 by weight. The average percentage digestibility of vegetable-ivory meal in two experiments in which five sheep were  ...
‎1917
3
Experiment Station Record
In digestion experiments sheep readily ate a mixture of English hay, gluten meal, and finely ground vegetable Ivory, 10 : 3 : 4 by weight. The average percentage digestibility of vegetable-Ivory meal in two experiments In which five sheep were  ...
United States. Office of Experiment Stations, United States. Agricultural Research Service, 1917
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Antique Jewelry: A Practical & Passionate Guide
However, the term is sometimes used to denote different "ivories": fossil ivory (the tusk of the extinct woolly mammoth); hippo- patamus ivory; walrus ivory; whale ivory; vegetable ivory (the nut of the ivory palm tree, the doum palm, and other ...
Rose Leiman Goldemberg, 2000
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Digest of Decisions of the Treasury Department (customs) ...
Ivory tusks in their natural state, or cut vertically across the grain only, with the bark left intact, 20 per centum ad valorem ; manufactures of ivory or vegetable ivory, or of which either of these substances is the component material of chief value, ...
‎1918
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Digest of Decisions of the United States Courts, Board of ...
Ivory tusks in their natural state, or cut vertically across the grain only, with the bark left intact, 20 per centum ad valorem ; manufactures of ivory or vegetable ivory, or of which either of these substances is the component material of chief value, ...
‎1918
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Tariff Schedules: Hearings Before the Subcommittees of the ...
Vegetable-ivory button*. Mr. Noras. We are in doubt as to which paragraph does really apply to us — 347 or 379. We are in doubt as to which covers. The intention of the Ways and Means Committee was to have 347 apply. We are dealing with ...
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance, 1913
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Digest of the decisions of the Treasury department (Customs) ...
Ivory tusks in their natural state, or cut vertically across the grain only, with the bark left intact, 20 per centum ad valorem ; manufactures of ivory or vegetable ivory, or of which either of these substances is the component material of chief value, ...
United States. Division of Customs, 1918
9
Treasury Decisions Under Customs and Other Laws
Black disks of vegetable ivory about half an inch in diameter, with hole through center, dutiable at three-fourths of a cent a line per gross and 15 per cent ad valorem under paragraph 414, act of 1897, as button blanks. Before the U. S. General ...
United States. Dept. of the Treasury, 1898
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Treasury Decisions Under the Customs, Internal Revenue, ...
Prior to that tune the tariff provisions upon the subject related by name to vegetable ivory only. The tariff act of 1883 placed "vegetable ivory, unmanufactured," upon the free list. The tariff act of 1890 gave free entry to " vegetable ivory, not ...
United States. Dept. of the Treasury, 1917

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VEGETABLE IVORY»

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The Makalani Palm or Fan Palm ... (Hyphaene Petersiana)
The kernel - also known as vegetable ivory - is carved into beautiful pendants, ... Young shoots and the crown heart of the stem are eaten as a vegetable, also ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
2
Fine Arts Craft Fair in Essex over weekend
... A Stitch of Mine, 3 Boys Crafting Company, Vegetable Ivory, The Tattered Dame Studio, David O'Reilly, Birdhouse Accents, PureBliss Jewelry, Lakonia Greek ... «Shoreline Times, Jul 15»
3
Fine Arts & Craft Fair in Essex over weekend
... A Stitch of Mine, 3 Boys Crafting Company, Vegetable Ivory, The Tattered Dame Studio, David O'Reilly, Birdhouse Accents, PureBliss Jewelry, Lakonia Greek ... «Middletown Press, Jul 15»
4
OneWorld Memorials Brings Ecuadorian Vegetable Ivory To U.S.
This June, OneWorld Memorials will offer its online customers cremation keepsakes made from the Tagua Nut, also known as "vegetable ivory." South American ... «PR Web, Jul 15»
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Spring store owner shows how she spins "gold" from grass
She also sells vegetable ivory, which is the seed from a palm tree. It comes in natural shades, like actual ivory. However, Stevenson says, "You're making with a ... «KTRK-TV, Nov 14»
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Social trading: Buy paper bead jewellery at The Big Issue Shop
Vegetable ivory or tagua nut comes from palm-like trees in tropical rain forests. Before the nut matures it has a milky, sweet liquid in the centre with a jelly like ... «Big Issue, May 14»
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Vermont Fair Trade Jewelry Company Harnesses the Qualities of …
When dried, the tagua seeds are often referred to as “vegetable ivory”, as they resemble ivory in color, texture, and hardness. It did not take long to discover the ... «PR Web, Nov 13»
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Photo Essay: 'Vegetable ivory' carved by ethnic Wounaan of …
Panama City - Tagua, also known as vegetable ivory, is the seed of a palm that grows in tropical rainforests. The Wounaan indigenous people of the region of ... «DigitalJournal.com, Sep 13»
9
Ivory Dream is an Eco-Friendly Mosaic
Italy-based Benetti Stone Philosophy makes a beautiful mosaic surface called Ivory Dream, which is made from vegetable ivory. In this case, the vegetable ivory ... «Jetson Green, Mar 12»
10
Nuts for exotic jewelry: Naples couple successful with natural ivory
They branched out in 2002, by carefully shaping sustainable palm tree nuts, also known as vegetable ivory, from South America to string together everything ... «Naples Daily News, Apr 11»
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