Definitions for kentucky coffee tree
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Kentuck′y cof′fee tree`(n.)
a tall tree of E North America, Gymnocladus dioica, of the legume family, having brown pods with seeds formerly used as a substitute for coffee.
Category: Plants
Origin of Kentucky coffee tree:
1775–85
Princeton's WordNet
Kentucky coffee tree, bonduc, chicot, Gymnocladus dioica(noun)
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
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