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monkey-pot

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mon⋅key⋅pot

  [muhng-kee-pot]
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–noun
1. the woody, operculate seed vessel of any of certain large South American trees of the genus Lecythis.
2. the tree itself.
3. a cylindrical or barrel-shaped vessel used for cooling water.
Also, monkey pot.

Origin:
1840–50; monkey + pot 1
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