Search Result for "kentucky_coffee_tree":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. 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;
[syn: Kentucky coffee tree, bonduc, chicot, Gymnocladus dioica]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Kentucky \Ken*tuck"y\, prop. n. One of the United States. [1913 Webster] Kentucky blue grass (Bot.), a valuable pasture and meadow grass (Poa pratensis), found in both Europe and America. See under Blue grass. Kentucky coffee tree (Bot.), a tall North American tree (Gymnocladus Canadensis) with bipinnate leaves. It produces large woody pods containing a few seeds which have been used as a substitute for coffee. The timber is very valuable. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Kentucky coffee tree n 1: 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 [syn: Kentucky coffee tree, bonduc, chicot, Gymnocladus dioica]