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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

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]

2. tropical tree with large prickly pods of seeds that resemble beans and are used for jewelry and rosaries;
[syn: bonduc, bonduc tree, Caesalpinia bonduc, Caesalpinia bonducella]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bonduc \Bon"duc\ (b[o^]n"d[u^]k), n. [F. bonduc, fr. Ar. bunduq hazel nut, filbert nut.] (Bot.) See Nicker tree. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

bonduc 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] 2: tropical tree with large prickly pods of seeds that resemble beans and are used for jewelry and rosaries [syn: bonduc, bonduc tree, Caesalpinia bonduc, Caesalpinia bonducella]