BEAD TREE
Dictionary entry overview: What does bead tree mean? • BEAD TREE (noun)
The noun BEAD TREE has 1 sense:
1. small tree of West Indies and northeastern Venezuela having large oblong pointed leaflets and panicles of purple flowers; seeds are black or scarlet with black spots
Familiarity information: BEAD TREE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BEAD TREE (noun)
Meaning:
Small tree of West Indies and northeastern Venezuela having large oblong pointed leaflets and panicles of purple flowers; seeds are black or scarlet with black spots
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
bead tree; jumby bean; jumby tree; Ormosia monosperma
Hypernyms ("bead tree" is a kind of...):
necklace tree (a tree of the genus Ormosia having seeds used as beads)
Holonyms ("bead tree" is a member of...):
genus Ormosia; Ormosia (genus of tropical shrubs and trees having usually odd-pinnate leaves with large leaflets and pink to reddish wood)
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