BEAD TREE

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Meaning:

Small tree of West Indies and northeastern Venezuela having large oblong pointed leaflets and panicles of purple flowers; seeds are black or scarlet with black spots

Synonyms:

bead tree; jumby bean; jumby tree; Ormosia monosperma

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("bead tree" is a kind of...):

necklace tree (a tree of the genus Ormosia having seeds used as beads)

Holonyms ("bead tree" is a member of...):

genus Ormosia; Ormosia (genus of tropical shrubs and trees having usually odd-pinnate leaves with large leaflets and pink to reddish wood)

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