A tropical palm tree native to South America that produces hard nuts used to make buttons and other items.
From Spanish 'corozo,' borrowed from Arawakan languages of South America. The word traveled through Spanish colonial trade routes as Europeans encountered the plant in the Caribbean and northern South America.
Before plastic was invented, corozo nuts were the go-to material for fancy buttons on clothing—wealthy people could show off their style with beautiful vegetable-ivory buttons that looked just like real ivory but came from a humble palm tree.
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