corozo

During the last few years, in which a great variety of colours has been introduced, both for ladies 'and gentlemen's garments, and buttons have been required to match, it is fortunate that a substitute has been found for ivory in the kernel of the "corozo" nut.

The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 354, October 9, 1886 Various

And there's no wasteful plastic on the $178 cardigan; the buttons are made from corozo nuts.

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Palm-trees are rare; we saw only a few scattered trunks of the thorny piritu and corozo.

Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America 1851

The thorns are not slender and long like those of the corozo and other thorny palm-trees; but on the contrary, very woody, short, and broad at the base, like the thorns of the Hura crepitans.

Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America 1851

Raoul, who was a tireless spirit, kindled a fire, and commenced knocking down the nuts of the corozo palm, that hung in clusters over our heads.

The Rifle Rangers Mayne Reid 1850

I behold the _corozo_ -- of the same genus with the _palma real_ -- its light feathery frondage streaming outwards and bending downwards, as if to protect from the hot sun the globe-shaped nuts that hang in grape-like clusters beneath.

The Rifle Rangers Mayne Reid 1850

I rest under the shade of the _corozo_ palm, and quaff the wine of the _acrocomia_.

The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse Mayne Reid 1850

I had hunted buffaloes with the Pawnees of the Platte, and ostriches upon the pampas of the Plata: to-day, shivering in the hut of an Esquimaux -- a month after, taking my _siesta_ in an aery couch under the gossamer frondage of the corozo palm.

The Rifle Rangers Mayne Reid 1850

The broad plumes of the corozo palm curved gracefully over, their points trailing downwards, and without motion.

The Rifle Rangers Mayne Reid 1850

The thorns are not slender and long like those of the corozo and other thorny palm-trees; but on the contrary, very woody, short, and broad at the base, like the thorns of the Hura crepitans.

Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814