phytelephas

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Noun phytelephas has 1 sense

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phytelephas, n. [NL., fr. Gr. a plant + the elephant; also, ivory.].
     A genus of South American palm trees, the seeds of which furnish the substance called vegetable ivory.  [1913 Webster]

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