bean tree

bean tree

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various trees having beanlike pods, such as the catalpa and carob

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bean tree - any of several trees having seedpods as fruits Coumarouna odorata, Dipteryx odorata, tonka bean tree, tonka bean - tall tropical South American tree having pulpy egg-shaped pods of fragrant black almond-shaped seeds used for flavoring carob bean tree, carob tree, Ceratonia siliqua, algarroba, carob - evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical carob tamarind, tamarind tree, tamarindo, Tamarindus indica - long-lived tropical evergreen tree with a spreading crown and feathery evergreen foliage and fragrant flowers yielding hard yellowish wood and long pods with edible chocolate-colored acidic pulp Australian chestnut, Moreton Bay chestnut - Australian tree having pinnate leaves and orange-yellow flowers followed by large woody pods containing 3 or 4 seeds that resemble chestnuts; yields dark strong wood catalpa, Indian bean - tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white flowers followed by long slender pods tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms