BLACK BEAD
Dictionary entry overview: What does black bead mean? • BLACK BEAD (noun)
The noun BLACK BEAD has 1 sense:
1. erect shrub with small if any spines having racemes of white to yellow flowers followed by curved pointed pods and black shiny seeds; West Indies and Florida
Familiarity information: BLACK BEAD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BLACK BEAD (noun)
Meaning:
Erect shrub with small if any spines having racemes of white to yellow flowers followed by curved pointed pods and black shiny seeds; West Indies and Florida
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
black bead; cat's-claw; catclaw; Pithecellodium unguis-cati
Hypernyms ("black bead" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major branches)
Holonyms ("black bead" is a member of...):
genus Pithecellobium; genus Pithecolobium; Pithecellobium; Pithecolobium (thorny shrubs and trees of tropical and subtropical America and Asia)
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