Moreton Bay chestnut

Moreton Bay chestnut
noun
Australian tree having pinnate leaves and orange-yellow flowers followed by large woody pods containing 3 or 4 seeds that resemble chestnuts; yields dark strong wood
Hypernyms: ↑bean tree
Member Holonyms: ↑Castanospermum, ↑genus Castanospermum

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noun
Usage: usually capitalized M&B

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Moreton Bay chestnut noun
1. An Australian papilionaceous tree (Castanospermum australe)
2. Its chestnut-like seed
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Main Entry:Moreton Bay

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  • Moreton Bay-chestnut — pietinė kaštonpupė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Pupinių šeimos dekoratyvinis, maistinis, medieninis, vaistinis nuodingas augalas (Castanospermum australe), paplitęs Australijoje. atitikmenys: lot. Castanospermum australe angl. Australian …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • Moreton Bay chestnut — noun → black bean …  

  • chestnut — chestnutty, adj. /ches nut , neuht/, n. 1. any of the several deciduous trees constituting the genus Castanea, of the beech family, having toothed, oblong leaves and bearing edible nuts enclosed in a prickly bur, and including C. dentata… …   Universalium

  • chestnut — /ˈtʃɛsnʌt / (say chesnut) noun 1. the edible nut of trees of the genus Castanea, of the beech family. 2. any of the trees, as C. sativa (Spanish chestnut), C. dentata (American chestnut), or C. crenata (Japanese chestnut). 3. Obsolete → Moreton… …  

  • Australian-chestnut — pietinė kaštonpupė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Pupinių šeimos dekoratyvinis, maistinis, medieninis, vaistinis nuodingas augalas (Castanospermum australe), paplitęs Australijoje. atitikmenys: lot. Castanospermum australe angl. Australian …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • Australian chestnut — noun Australian tree having pinnate leaves and orange yellow flowers followed by large woody pods containing 3 or 4 seeds that resemble chestnuts; yields dark strong wood • Syn: ↑Moreton Bay chestnut • Hypernyms: ↑bean tree • Member Holonyms:… …   Useful english dictionary

  • 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

  • Castanospermum — noun a rosid dicot genus of the subfamily Papilionoideae having one species: Moreton Bay chestnut • Syn: ↑genus Castanospermum • Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Papilionoideae, ↑subfamily Papilio …   Useful english dictionary

  • Castanea — noun chestnuts; chinkapins • Syn: ↑genus Castanea • Hypernyms: ↑hamamelid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Fagaceae, ↑family Fagaceae, ↑beech family …   Useful english dictionary

  • Castanospermum — C. australe Scientific classification Kingdom: Planta …   Wikipedia

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