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[syn: Kentucky coffee tree, bonduc, chicot, Gymnocladus dioica]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Kentucky \Ken*tuck"y\, prop. n.
One of the United States.
[1913 Webster]
Kentucky blue grass (Bot.), a valuable pasture and meadow
grass (Poa pratensis), found in both Europe and America.
See under Blue grass.
Kentucky coffee tree (Bot.), a tall North American tree
(Gymnocladus Canadensis) with bipinnate leaves. It
produces large woody pods containing a few seeds which
have been used as a substitute for coffee. The timber is
very valuable.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Kentucky coffee tree
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]