'Kentucky coffee tree' definitions:
Definition of 'Kentucky coffee tree'
From: WordNet
noun
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 substitute [syn: Kentucky coffee tree, bonduc, chicot, Gymnocladus dioica]
Definition of 'Kentucky coffee tree'
From: GCIDE
- Kentucky \Ken*tuck"y\, prop. n. One of the United States. [1913 Webster]
- Kentucky blue grass (Bot.), a valuable pasture and meadow grass (Poa pratensis), found in both Europe and America. See under Blue grass.
- Kentucky coffee tree (Bot.), a tall North American tree (Gymnocladus Canadensis) with bipinnate leaves. It produces large woody pods containing a few seeds which have been used as a substitute for coffee. The timber is very valuable. [1913 Webster]