KENTUCKY COFFEE TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Kentucky coffee tree mean? 

• KENTUCKY COFFEE TREE (noun)
  The noun KENTUCKY COFFEE TREE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: KENTUCKY COFFEE TREE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KENTUCKY COFFEE TREE (noun)

Sense 1

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bonduc; chicot; Gymnocladus dioica; Kentucky coffee tree

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)