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Nicker nut
Nick′er nutˊ
.A rounded seed, rather smaller than a nutmeg, having a hard smooth shell, and a yellowish or bluish color. The seeds grow in the prickly pods of tropical, woody climbers of the genus
Caesalpinia
. Caesalpinia Bonduc
has yellowish seeds; Caesalpinia Bonducella
, bluish gray. [Spelt also
neckar nut
, nickar nut
.]