CAESALPINIA BONDUC

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Meaning:

Tropical tree with large prickly pods of seeds that resemble beans and are used for jewelry and rosaries

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Caesalpinia bonduc" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Meronyms (parts of "Caesalpinia bonduc"):

bonduc nut; nicker nut; nicker seed (hard shiny grey seed of a bonduc tree; used for making e.g. jewelry)

Holonyms ("Caesalpinia bonduc" is a member of...):

Caesalpinia; genus Caesalpinia (small spiny tropical trees or shrubs; includes the small genus or subgenus Poinciana)