A hard, smooth, creamy white component of the tusks of elephants, walruses and narwhals, used in ornamentation; white piano keys were once always veneered with ivory, and old ivory buttons are well worth collecting from antiques markets to use for decoration and closures.

As a rare natural resource, the price of ivory has caused elephants in particular to be poached to the point of near-extermination.

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