Noun: jumby bean
- Small tree of West Indies and northeastern Venezuela having large oblong pointed leaflets and panicles of purple flowers; seeds are black or scarlet with black spots
"Children often collect the colourful seeds of the jumby bean";
- bead tree, jumby tree, Ormosia monosperma
Derived forms: jumby beans
Type of: necklace tree
Part of: genus Ormosia, Ormosia
Encyclopedia: Jumby bean