money bushn.
/ˈmʌnɪ bʊʃ/, U.S. /ˈməni ˌbʊʃ/, Caribbean English /ˈmʌni ˌbʊʃ/ Caribbean.
Any of several shrubby leguminous plants of the Caribbean area having leaves or seed-pods that are said to resemble coins: (a) a woody vine, Dalbergia monetaria (family Fabaceae ( Leguminosae)), with flat, nearly circular seed-pods (rare); (b) either of two shrubs of the family Caesalpiniaceae ( Leguminosae) having broadly obovate leaves, Cassia bicapsularis, with racemes of yellow flowers (also called monkey tamarind, Christmas bush), and Pithecellobium unguis-cati, with ball-like heads of cream-coloured flowers (also called bread and cheese).
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > leguminous plants > [noun] > other leguminous plants
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money bush1924
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > climbing or creeping plants > non-British climbing or creeping plants > [noun] > American or West Indian
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money bush1924
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1924 Sci. Survey Porto Rico & Virgin Islands (N.Y. Acad. Sci.) V. 405 Securidaca volubilis... Banks, hillsides, and along streams at lower and middle elevations... Membrillo. Palo de Brasilete. Money-bush.
1944 Ecol. Monogr. 154 135 Money bush... Cassia bicapsularis L.
1969 S. M. Sadeek Windswept & Other Stories 2 The tiny crabs..twisted themselves between the roots of..wild mango and money-bush.
1993 S. Carrington Wild Plants Barbados 39/1 Senna bicapsularis (L.) Roxb. var. bicapsularis (Cassia bicapsularis L.)..Monkey tamarind, money bush.
1996 S. Carrington Wild Plants E. Caribbean 44/2 Pithecellobium unguis-cati..bread and cheese; beef steak; crab wood; money bush... Leaves alternate, of two pinnae, each of two lopsided, obovate or elliptic leaflets.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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