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nicker nut
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun nicker nut has 1 sense
- nicker nut(n = noun.plant) bonduc nut, nicker seed - hard shiny grey seed of a bonduc tree; used for making e.g. jewelry; Array is a part of bonduc, bonduc tree, caesalpinia bonduc, caesalpinia bonducella
is a kind of seed
CIDE DICTIONARY
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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