Kentucky coffee tree

Kentucky coffee tree

n. A deciduous North American tree (Gymnocladus dioicus) in the pea family, having large compound leaves and long flat pods containing seeds that were formerly roasted and used as a coffee substitute.

Kentucky coffee tree

n (Plants) a North American leguminous tree, Gymnocladus dioica, whose seeds, in brown curved pulpy pods, were formerly used as a coffee substitute

Kentuck′y cof′fee tree`

n. a tall tree of E North America, Gymnocladus dioica, of the legume family, having brown pods with seeds formerly used as a substitute for coffee. [1775–85]

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Kentucky coffee tree - 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 substitutebonduc, chicot, Gymnocladus dioicagenus Gymnocladus, Gymnocladus - small genus of deciduous trees of China and United States having paniculate flowers and thick pulpy podstree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms