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Definition of Phytelephas
Phytelephas Phytelephas Phy*tel"e*phas, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a plant + ? the
elephant; also, ivory.] (Bot.)
A genus of South American palm trees, the seeds of which
furnish the substance called vegetable ivory.