WordWeb Online

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
   - Kentucky coffee tree, chicot, Gymnocladus dioica
    
2. Tropical tree with large prickly pods of seeds that resemble beans and are used for jewellery and rosaries
   - bonduc tree, Caesalpinia bonduc, Caesalpinia bonducella

Derived forms: bonducs

Type of: tree

Part of: Caesalpinia, genus Caesalpinia, genus Gymnocladus, Gymnocladus

Encyclopedia: Bonduc