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Definition of Chicot
1. 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.
Group relationships: Genus Gymnocladus, Gymnocladus
Generic synonyms: Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chicot
Literary usage of Chicot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1896)
"BY AID OF chicot From < The Lady of Monsoreau > THE King and chicot remained quiet
... Then suddenly the King sat up, and the noise he made roused chicot, ..."
2. La Dame de Monsoreau by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet (1893)
"chicot had hardly pronounced these words when the lamp also went out, and the
room was ... thought chicot, "that is a very hoarse voica to come from heaven; ..."
3. Ainsworth's Magazine: A Miscellany of Romance, General Literature, & Art by William Harrison Ainsworth, George Cruikshank, Hablot Knight Browne (1847)
"How the wine has thickened your voices," answered chicot . " I fear your merchandise
has ... chicot ran to the window, and opening it saw the two men below. ..."
4. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1868)
"General Smith met and defeated this force near Lako chicot on the fifth of June.
Our lose was about forty killed and seventy wounded. ..."
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