nutlike seed of a South American palm; the hard white shell takes a high polish and is used for e.g. buttons
large black-and-white woodpecker of southern United States and Cuba having an ivory bill; nearly extinct
a stemless palm tree of Brazil and Peru bearing ivory nuts
edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
any of various herbaceous plants cultivated for an edible part such as the fruit or the root of the beet or the leaf of spinach or the seeds of bean plants or the flower buds of broccoli or cauliflower
