Bonduc
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Synonym of nicker tree.
- 2 tropical tree with large prickly pods of seeds that resemble beans and are used for jewelry and rosaries wordnet
- 3 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 wordnet
Etymology
From French bonduc, from Arabic بُنْدُق (bunduq, “hazelnut, pebble, bullet”), from Middle Persian 𐭐𐭍𐭃𐭊 (pondik, “hazelnut”), from Ancient Greek Ποντικόν κάρυον (Pontikón káruon, “Pontic nut”). Doublet of bundook.
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