BONDUC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bonduc mean? 

• BONDUC (noun)
  The noun BONDUC has 2 senses:

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

2. tropical tree with large prickly pods of seeds that resemble beans and are used for jewelry and rosaries

  Familiarity information: BONDUC used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BONDUC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bonduc; chicot; Gymnocladus dioica; Kentucky coffee tree

Hypernyms ("bonduc" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Holonyms ("bonduc" is a member of...):

genus Gymnocladus; Gymnocladus (small genus of deciduous trees of China and United States having paniculate flowers and thick pulpy pods)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Tropical tree with large prickly pods of seeds that resemble beans and are used for jewelry and rosaries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bonduc; bonduc tree; Caesalpinia bonduc; Caesalpinia bonducella

Hypernyms ("bonduc" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Meronyms (parts of "bonduc"):

bonduc nut; nicker nut; nicker seed (hard shiny grey seed of a bonduc tree; used for making e.g. jewelry)

Holonyms ("bonduc" is a member of...):

Caesalpinia; genus Caesalpinia (small spiny tropical trees or shrubs; includes the small genus or subgenus Poinciana)