corozo
corozo Lexical Profile
corozo Game Scores & Validity
• noun
The hard, white endosperm of the nut of certain tropical American palm trees (especially the tagua palm), widely used as a sustainable ivory substitute for making buttons, jewelry, and small carvings.
"The tailor selected natural corozo buttons to complement the high-quality wool of the bespoke suit."
Any of several tropical American palm trees that yield hard nuts used to produce vegetable ivory.
"Local communities in Ecuador sustainably harvest nuts from the corozo to produce eco-friendly artisanal crafts."
• Rhymes for corozo
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed into English from Spanish 'corozo', which originated from a Caribbean indigenous language (likely Taino), originally referring to various species of tropical palm trees and their hard nuts.
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