English > bean tree: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | Any of several trees having seedpods as fruits. |
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| Narrower | Moreton Bay chestnut, Australian chestnut | Australian tree having pinnate leaves and orange-yellow flowers followed by large woody pods containing 3 or 4 seeds that resemble chestnuts |
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| carob, carob tree, carob bean tree, algarroba, Ceratonia siliqua | evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods |
| catalpa, Indian bean | Tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white flowers followed by long slender pods |
| tamarind, tamarind tree, tamarindo, Tamarindus indica | long-lived tropical evergreen tree with a spreading crown and feathery evergreen foliage and fragrant flowers yielding hard yellowish wood and long pods with edible chocolate-colored acidic pulp |
| tonka bean, tonka bean tree, Coumarouna odorata, Dipteryx odorata | tall tropical South American tree having pulpy egg-shaped pods of fragrant black almond-shaped seeds used for flavoring |
| Broader | tree | A tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown |
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