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Definition of Nicker nut

Nicker nut
Nicker nut Nick"er 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 C[ae]salpinia. C. Bonduc has yellowish seeds; C. Bonducella, bluish gray. [Spelt also neckar nut, nickar nut.]

Meaning of Nicker nut from wikipedia

- species are locally known in the Caribbean as "grey nickers" and "yellow nickers". The word nicker probably derives from the Dutch word "knikker", meaning...
- Guilandina bonduc, commonly known as grey nicker, nicker bean, fever nut or knicker nut, is a species of flowering plant in the senna tribe, Caesalpinieae...
- Ekman) Britton (Cuba and Haiti) Guilandina bonduc L. 1753 – grey nicker, knicker nut (pantropical) Guilandina caymanensis (Millsp.) Britton & Rose (Cayman...
- Gray — sicklepod holdback Hoffmannseggia drummondii Torr. & A.Gray — dwarf nicker Hoffmannseggia erecta Phil. Hoffmannseggia eremophila (Phil.) Burkart ex...
- condition, "to be in good nick"[citation needed] nicked Arrested or stolen. nicker Pound sterling. noggin a lump of Hashish, bigger than a blim but less than...
- nick", above (US: busted) nicker (colloquial) 1 pound, maintains singular form when used in a plural context ("it cost me 2 nicker"), rarely used in the singular...