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‖ bonduc|ˈbɒndʌk|
[a. F. bonduc, a. Arab. bunduq, now meaning ‘hazel-nut’, but formerly a foreign nut of some kind; prob. from Persian: OPers. had pendak, fendak (mod.Pers. finduq, funduq, the latter also Arab.), perh. = Skr. pindaka, dim. of pinda ‘ball, lump’ (J. Platts).]
A tropical leguminous shrub of two species (Guilandina Bonduc and G. Bonducella) bearing respectively yellow and lead-coloured seeds, hard and beautifully polished, also called Nicker nuts.
1696Ray Philos. Lett. (1718) 292, I have received..the Bean called the Ash Coloured Nickar or Bonduch. 1838Econ. Vegetation 79 The bonduc, or nicker-tree. 1866Treas. Bot. 556 The seeds are very hard and beautifully polished, and are called Nicker nuts or Bonduc nuts. |