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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Mon·key-pot n. Zool. The fruit of two South American trees (Lecythis Ollaria, and Lecythis Zabucajo), which have for their fruit large, pot-shaped, woody capsules containing delicious nuts, and opening almost explosively by a circular lid at the top.  Vases and pots are made of this capsule.
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