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bonduc

bon·duc

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noun

1.

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

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2.

tropical tree with large prickly pods of seeds that resemble beans and are used for jewelry and rosaries

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From French bonduc, from Arabic بُنْدُق (bunduq, “hazelnut, pebble, bullet”), from Middle Persian 𐭯𐭭𐭣𐭪 (pondik, “hazelnut”), from Ancient Greek Ποντικὸν κάρυον (Pontikòn káruon, “Pontic nut”). Doublet of bundook.

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