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Kentucky coffee tree   /kəntˈəki kˈɑfi tri/   Listen
Kentucky coffee tree

noun
1.
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.  Synonyms: bonduc, chicot, Gymnocladus dioica.





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"Kentucky coffee tree" Quotes from Famous Books



... his long troubled experience as to being fed had he been allowed as much coffee as he craved. Once, when younger, he had heard some one say that the only tree in all the American forests that bore the name of Kentucky was the Kentucky coffee tree, and he had instantly conceived a desire to pay a visit in secret to that corner of the woods. To take his cup and a few lumps of sugar and sit under the boughs and catch the coffee as it dripped down.... No one to hold him back ... as much as he wanted at last.... The Kentucky coffee tree—his ...
— All About Coffee • William H. Ukers


Words linked to "Kentucky coffee tree" :   Gymnocladus, chicot, genus Gymnocladus, bonduc, tree


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