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KENTUCKY COFFEE TREE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
bonduc; chicot; Gymnocladus dioica; Kentucky coffee tree
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Kentucky coffee tree" 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)
Holonyms ("Kentucky coffee tree" is a member of...):
genus Gymnocladus; Gymnocladus (small genus of deciduous trees of China and United States having paniculate flowers and thick pulpy pods)
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