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Definition of Bonduc

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.

2. Noun. Tropical tree with large prickly pods of seeds that resemble beans and are used for jewelry and rosaries.

Definition of Bonduc

1. n. See Nicker tree.

Definition of Bonduc

1. Noun. nicker tree ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bonduc

1. a prickly seed [n -S]

Medical Definition of Bonduc

1. See Nicker tree. Origin: F. Bonduc, fr. Ar. Bunduq hazel nut, filbert nut. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bonduc

bondmaids bondman bondmen bonds bondservant bondservants bondslave bondslavery bondslaves bondsman

bondsmen bondstone bondstones bondswoman bondswomen bonduc (current term) bonduc nut bonduc tree bonducs bondwoman

bondwomen bone-ash cup bone-chilling bone-covered bone-crunching bone-dry bone-dry(a) bone-eating snot flower worm bone-fire

Literary usage of Bonduc

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Technologist (1863)
"NATA, THE bonduc NUT, AND ITS PROPERTIES. Attention lias recently Ix'eii drawn in some of the continental and English periodical**, to the medical uses of ..."

2. Observations of a Naturalist in the Pacific Between 1896 and 1899 by Henry Brougham Guppy (1906)
"... and C. bonduc.—Their station and distribution.—Their characters in various Pacific groups. ... bonduc ..."

3. A Practical Treatise on Animal and Vegetable Fats and Oils: Comprising Both by William Theodore Brannt, Karl Schaedler (1896)
"... very little of it reaching England and France, and none of it the rest of the Continent of Europe. 3. bonduc nut oil or fever nut oil ..."

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