ICE-CREAM BEAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ice-cream bean mean? 

• ICE-CREAM BEAN (noun)
  The noun ICE-CREAM BEAN has 1 sense:

1. ornamental evergreen tree with masses of white flowers; tropical and subtropical America

  Familiarity information: ICE-CREAM BEAN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ICE-CREAM BEAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Ornamental evergreen tree with masses of white flowers; tropical and subtropical America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

ice-cream bean; Inga edulis

Hypernyms ("ice-cream bean" 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 ("ice-cream bean" is a member of...):

genus Inga (genus of tropical trees or shrubs)