HyperDic: bead_tree

English > 1 sense of the expression bead tree:
NOUNplantbead tree, jumby bean, jumby tree, Ormosia monospermasmall tree of West Indies and northeastern Venezuela having large oblong pointed leaflets and panicles of purple flowers
English > bead tree: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningsmall 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.
Synonymsjumby bean, jumby tree, Ormosia monosperma
Member ofOrmosia, genus Ormosiagenus of tropical shrubs and trees having usually odd-pinnate leaves with large leaflets and pink to reddish wood
Broadernecklace treeA tree of the genus Ormosia having seeds used as beads

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