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Small genus of South American feather palms
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phytelephas
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__NOTOC__ Phytelephas is a genus containing six known species of palms ( family Arecaceae), occurring from southern Panama along the Andes to Ecuador , Bolivia , Colombia , northwestern Brazil, and Peru . They are commonly known as ivory palms , ivory-nut ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Phytelephas \Phy*tel"e*phas\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a plant + ? the elephant; also, ivory.] (Bot.) A genus of South American palm trees, the seeds of which furnish the substance called vegetable ivory.