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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
phytelephas
    n 1: small genus of South American feather palms [syn:
         phytelephas, genus Phytelephas]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]

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