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corozo

NOUN
  1. any of several tropical American palms bearing corozo nuts

How To Use corozo In A Sentence

  • I rest under the shade of the _corozo_ palm, and quaff the wine of the _acrocomia_. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse
  • I behold the _corozo_ -- of the same genus with the _palma real_ -- its light feathery frondage streaming outwards and bending downwards, as if to protect from the hot sun the globe-shaped nuts that hang in grape-like clusters beneath. The Rifle Rangers
  • During the last few years, in which a great variety of colours has been introduced, both for ladies 'and gentlemen's garments, and buttons have been required to match, it is fortunate that a substitute has been found for ivory in the kernel of the "corozo" nut. The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 354, October 9, 1886
  • Raoul, who was a tireless spirit, kindled a fire, and commenced knocking down the nuts of the corozo palm, that hung in clusters over our heads. The Rifle Rangers
  • Palm-trees are rare; we saw only a few scattered trunks of the thorny piritu and corozo. Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America
  • Just imagine his joy when he met me – the first "corozo supplier" in China at that time !
  • I had hunted buffaloes with the Pawnees of the Platte, and ostriches upon the pampas of the Plata: to-day, shivering in the hut of an Esquimaux -- a month after, taking my _siesta_ in an aery couch under the gossamer frondage of the corozo palm. The Rifle Rangers
  • The thorns are not slender and long like those of the corozo and other thorny palm-trees; but on the contrary, very woody, short, and broad at the base, like the thorns of the Hura crepitans. Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America
  • The broad plumes of the corozo palm curved gracefully over, their points trailing downwards, and without motion. The Rifle Rangers
  • And there's no wasteful plastic on the $178 cardigan; the buttons are made from corozo nuts. Ad Track: Starbucks splash stick says no to sploshing
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