Kentucky coffee tree

Kentucky coffee tree

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A deciduous North American tree (Gymnocladus dioica) having bipinnately compound leaves and flat pulpy pods with large seeds formerly used as a coffee substitute.

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Kentucky coffee tree

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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a North American leguminous tree, Gymnocladus dioica, whose seeds, in brown curved pulpy pods, were formerly used as a coffee substitute

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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 bonduc, chicot, Gymnocladus dioica genus Gymnocladus, Gymnocladus - small genus of deciduous trees of China and United States having paniculate flowers and thick pulpy pods tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms