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CORAL BEAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shrub or small tree having pinnate leaves poisonous to livestock and dense racemes of intensely fragrant blue flowers and red beans
Synonyms:
coral bean; frijolillo; frijolito; mescal bean; Sophora secundiflora
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("coral bean" 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 ("coral bean" is a member of...):
genus Sophora; Sophora (cosmopolitan genus of trees and shrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and showy flowers; some species placed in genus Podalyria)