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Definition of Gymnocladus dioica
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 Gymnocladus Dioica
Literary usage of Gymnocladus dioica
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1915)
"gymnocladus dioica. IX1.-) large panicles, which terminate the branches of the
same season : pods persistent through the winter. Rich woods, Cent. ..."
2. Michigan Trees: A Handbook of the Native and Most Important Introduced Species by Charles Herbert Otis (1913)
"Kentucky Coffeetree gymnocladus dioica, (£.) Koch. [Gymnocladus canadensis, Lam.]
-HABIT.—A slender tree 50-75 feet high, with a trunk diameter of 2-3 feet; ..."
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