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Definition of Monkeypot
1. n. The fruit of two South American trees (Lecythis Ollaria, and L. Zabucajo), which have for their fruit large, pot-shaped, woody capsules containing delicious nuts, and opening almost explosively by a circular lid at the top. Vases and pots are made of this capsule.
Definition of Monkeypot
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Monkeypot
Literary usage of Monkeypot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and by George William Cox (1866)
"These roots have long curved horn-like divisions, black outside, farinaceous and
white within, and much more fibrous than those of a carrot. monkeypot. ..."
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