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ivory
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noun (n)
- a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses(noun.substance)source: wordnet30
- The hard, white, opaque, fine-grained substance constituting the tusks of the elephant. It is a variety of dentine, characterized by the minuteness and close arrangement of the tubes, as also by their double flexure. It is used in manufacturing articles of ornament or utility.(noun)source: webster1913