Gymnocladus

Gym`noc´la`dus    (jĭm`nǒ´lå`dŭs)

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(Bot.) A genus of leguminous plants; the Kentucky coffee tree. The leaves are cathartic, and the seeds a substitute for coffee.

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Gymnocladus - small genus of deciduous trees of China and United States having paniculate flowers and thick pulpy pods genus Gymnocladus rosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plants Caesalpinioideae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae - alternative name in some classification systems for the family Caesalpiniaceae bonduc, chicot, Gymnocladus dioica, Kentucky coffee tree - 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