bonduc
bonduc · bonducs
Synonym of nicker treeSynonym of nicker tree.
Meaning
1 sensesSynonym of nicker tree.
More definitions
- tropical tree with large prickly pods of seeds that resemble beans and are used for jewelry and rosaries
- 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
Origin
From French bonduc, from Arabic بُنْدُق (bunduq, “hazelnut, pebble, bullet”), from MiddleFrom French bonduc, from Arabic بُنْدُق (bunduq, “hazelnut, pebble, bullet”), from Middle Persian 𐭯𐭭𐭣𐭪 (pondik, “hazelnut”), from Ancient Greek Ποντικὸν κάρυον (Pontikòn káruon, “Pontic nut”). Doublet of bundook.
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Forms
plural: bonducsSynonyms
7 synonymsClose in meaning
- tropical tree with large prickly pods of seeds that resemble beans and are used for jewelry and rosaries:bonduc treeCaesalpinia bonducCaesalpinia bonducella
- 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:Kentucky coffee treechicotGymnocladus dioica