bean tree
Noun
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Any of several trees having seedpods as fruits (synset 113128890)
is a type of: tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiospermssubtypes:
- coumarouna odorata, dipteryx odorata, tonka bean, tonka bean tree - tall tropical South American tree having pulpy egg-shaped pods of fragrant black almond-shaped seeds used for flavoring
- algarroba, carob, carob bean tree, carob tree, ceratonia siliqua - evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical carob
- tamarind, tamarind tree, tamarindo, tamarindus indica - long-lived tropical evergreen tree with a spreading crown and feathery evergreen foliage and fragrant flowers yielding hard yellowish wood and long pods with edible chocolate-colored acidic pulp
- australian chestnut, moreton bay chestnut - Australian tree having pinnate leaves and orange-yellow flowers followed by large woody pods containing 3 or 4 seeds that resemble chestnuts; yields dark strong wood
- catalpa, indian bean - tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white flowers followed by long slender pods
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