Ivory

Morpheme

Ivory

Type

free base

Denotation

elephant tusk composed primarily of creamy white dentin

Etymology

Middle English yvory, ivorie; Anglo-Norman ivorie, ivurie; Old French ivoire, ivurie; Latin eboreus, from ebur +‎ -eus

Evidence

ivoried, ivories, ivoriness, ivory, ivorybill, ivorylike, ivorysmith, ivorytype, ivoryware

See Also

Ivore, Eburn