KENTUCKY COFFEE TREE

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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

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Nouns denoting plants

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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