bean tree — noun any of several trees having seedpods as fruits • Hypernyms: ↑tree • Hyponyms: ↑tonka bean, ↑tonka bean tree, ↑Coumarouna odorata, ↑Dipteryx odorata, ↑carob, ↑carob tree, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
carob bean — noun long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute • Syn: ↑carob, ↑algarroba bean, ↑algarroba, ↑locust bean, ↑locust pod • Hypernyms: ↑bean … Useful english dictionary
carob bean — Carob Car ob, n. [Cf. F. caroube fruit of the carob tree, Sp. garrobo, al garrobo, carob tree, fr. Ar. kharr[=u]b, Per. Kharn[=u]b. Cf. {Clgaroba}.] 1. (Bot.) An evergreen leguminous tree ({Ceratania Siliqua}) found in the countries bordering the … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Bean Tree — is a name used in different parts of the world for various trees that carry their seeds in large pods. Examples include:*Carob *Catalpa * Cassia brewsteri * Cassia tomentella * Erythrina verspertilio from Australia. Also called the Bat s Wing… … Wikipedia
bean tree — ☆ bean tree n. any of various trees, as the catalpa or carob, bearing podlike fruit … English World dictionary
bean tree — /ˈbin tri/ (say been tree) noun any of several trees bearing pods resembling those of a bean, as the catalpa and the carob tree …
bean tree — 1. any of several trees bearing pods resembling those of a bean, as the catalpa and the carob tree. 2. the laburnum, Laburnum anagyroides. [1610 20] * * * … Universalium
bean-tree — n. Australian chestnut tree; carob tree … Dictionary of difficult words
carob tree — noun evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical carob • Syn: ↑carob, ↑carob bean tree, ↑algarroba, ↑Ceratonia siliqua • Hypernyms: ↑bean tree • Member Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
carob tree — Carob Car ob, n. [Cf. F. caroube fruit of the carob tree, Sp. garrobo, al garrobo, carob tree, fr. Ar. kharr[=u]b, Per. Kharn[=u]b. Cf. {Clgaroba}.] 1. (Bot.) An evergreen leguminous tree ({Ceratania Siliqua}) found in the countries bordering the … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English