Phytelephas

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Phytelephas \Phy*tel"e*phas\ (f[imac]*t[e^]l"[-e]*f[a^]s), n.
     [NL., fr. Gr. fyto`n a plant + ele`fos the elephant; also,
     ivory.] (Bot.)
     A genus of South American palm trees, the seeds of which
     furnish the substance called {vegetable ivory}.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Phytelephas
       n : small genus of South American feather palms [syn: {genus
           Phytelephas}]