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BLACK BEAD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Erect shrub with small if any spines having racemes of white to yellow flowers followed by curved pointed pods and black shiny seeds; West Indies and Florida
Synonyms:
black bead; cat's-claw; catclaw; Pithecellobium unguis-cati
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("black bead" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("black bead" is a member of...):
genus Pithecellobium; genus Pithecolobium; Pithecellobium; Pithecolobium (thorny shrubs and trees of tropical and subtropical America and Asia)
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