cohune palm
Definition
Noun: - A tropical American feather palm tree (Attalea cohune) known for producing large nuts. These nuts yield valuable oil and a hard seed material historically used as a substitute for ivory.
Usage
The term "cohune palm" refers specifically to this species of palm tree. It is used in botanical, agricultural, and historical/commercial contexts related to its products. - The cohune palm is native to Central America. - Oil from the cohune palm nut was traditionally used for cooking and lamps.
Advanced Usage
- Commercial/Historical Context: The term is often used when discussing non-timber forest products or historical trade in vegetable ivory.
- The decline in the ivory trade increased interest in vegetable ivory from sources like the cohune palm.
Variants and Related Words
- Cohune nut: The large fruit/nut produced by the cohune palm.
- They harvested the cohune nuts for processing.
- Vegetable ivory: A term for the hard, ivory-like endosperm of the cohune nut and similar palm seeds.
- Buttons were once commonly made from vegetable ivory.
Synonyms
- Cohune (This can be a shortened form for the tree or its nut).
- Attalea cohune (The scientific binomial name).
Related Phrases/Compounds
- Cohune palm oil: The oil extracted from the nut.
- Cohune palm oil has similar properties to coconut oil.
Noun
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tropical American feather palm whose large nuts yield valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory
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