bonduc
1. handsome tree of central and eastern North America having large bipinnate leaves and green-white flowers followed by large woody brown pods whose seeds are used as a coffee substitute • Syn: Kentucky coffee tree, chicot, Gymnocladus dioica • Hypernyms: tree • Member Holonyms: Gymnocladus, genus Gymnocladus 2. tropical tree with large prickly pods of seeds that resemble beans and are used for jewelry and rosaries • Syn: bonduc tree, Caesalpinia bonduc, Caesalpinia bonducella • Hypernyms: tree • Member Holonyms: Caesalpinia, genus Caesalpinia • Part Meronyms: bonduc nut, nicker nut, nicker seed
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