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FRIJOLILLO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does frijolillo mean? 

FRIJOLILLO (noun)
  The noun FRIJOLILLO has 1 sense:

1. shrub or small tree having pinnate leaves poisonous to livestock and dense racemes of intensely fragrant blue flowers and red beansplay

  Familiarity information: FRIJOLILLO used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FRIJOLILLO (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Shrub or small tree having pinnate leaves poisonous to livestock and dense racemes of intensely fragrant blue flowers and red beans

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

coral bean; frijolillo; frijolito; mescal bean; Sophora secundiflora

Hypernyms ("frijolillo" 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 ("frijolillo" is a member of...):

genus Sophora; Sophora (cosmopolitan genus of trees and shrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and showy flowers; some species placed in genus Podalyria)


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