Word Meanings - MONKEY-POT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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.

• Southron
  An inhabitant of the more southern part of a country; formerly, a name given in Scotland to any Englishman.
• Whichsoever
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one (of two or more) which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• OPENVERDICT
  A verdict on a preliminary investigation, finding the fact of a crime but not stating the criminal, or finding the fact of a violent death without disclosing the cause.
• Contain
  To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold.
• Fruitestere
  A fruiteress.
• Lecythis
  A genus of gigantic trees, chiefly Brazilian, of the order Myrtaceae, having woody capsules opening by an apical lid. Lecythis Zabucajo yields the delicious sapucaia nuts. L. Ollaria produces the monkey-pots, its capsules. Its bark separates into
• Southeastern
  Of or pertaining to the southeast; southeasterly.
• Southsay
  See Soothsay.
• Containable
  Capable of being contained or comprised.
• Fruitful
  Full of fruit; producing fruit abundantly; bearing results; prolific; fertile; liberal; bountiful; as, a fruitful tree, or season, or soil; a fruitful wife.
• Southeastward
  Alt. of Southeastwardly
• Southsayer
  See Soothsayer.
• AMERICANPLAN
  In hotels, aplan upon which guests pay for both room and board by the day, week, or other convenient period; -- contrasted with European plan.
• SOUTHEASTWARDSOUTHEASTWARDLY
  Toward the southeast.

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