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bonduc
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun bonduc has 2 senses
- bonduc(n = noun.plant) chicot, gymnocladus dioica, kentucky coffee tree - 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; Array is a member of genus gymnocladus, gymnocladus
- bonduc(n = noun.plant) bonduc tree, caesalpinia bonduc, caesalpinia bonducella - tropical tree with large prickly pods of seeds that resemble beans and are used for jewelry and rosaries; Array has parts: bonduc nut, nicker nut, nicker seed
is a kind of tree
is a member of caesalpinia, genus caesalpinia
is a kind of tree
CIDE DICTIONARY
bonduc, n. [F. bonduc, fr. Ar. bunduq hazel nut, filbert nut.].
See Nicker tree. [1913 Webster]
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