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Definition of Bean tree
1. Noun. Any of several trees having seedpods as fruits.
Generic synonyms: Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bean Tree
Literary usage of Bean tree
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Naturalist in the Guianas by Eugène André (1904)
"... tonca-bean tree—The tonca-bean industry—A trip to the Caura arranged. IF we
look at a map of Venezuela, we shall observe that the whole country, ..."
2. The Microscopy of Vegetable Foods: With Special Reference to the Detection by Andrew Lincoln Winton, Josef Moeller, Kate Grace Barber Winton (1916)
"... BEAN-TREE STARCH. The seed of Castanospermum Australe Cunn. are used to some
extent in New South Wales for the production of starch. ..."
3. The Bermuda Islands: An Account of Their Scenery, Climate, Productions by Addison Emery Verrill (1902)
"Locust; Scarlet-bean Tree. (Erythrina, sp.) A large handsome tree at Mt. Langton,
similar to the last, ... Sword Plant; Bois immortelle; Coral-bean Tree. ..."
4. A Dictionary of Pharmaceutical Science: A Guide for the Pharmaceutist by Hiram V. Sweringen (1882)
"Binding-bean tree, a name given to a species of the genus Mimosa. Kidney-bean
tree, a name given to certain species of the genus Glycine. BEARBERRY. ..."
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