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BONDUC

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

bonduc; bonduc tree; Caesalpinia bonduc; Caesalpinia bonducella

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("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 "bonduc"):

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

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

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

Sense 2

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:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("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)

Holonyms ("bonduc" 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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