Definition of Caesalpinia bonducella

1. Noun. Tropical tree with large prickly pods of seeds that resemble beans and are used for jewelry and rosaries.

Exact synonyms: Bonduc, Bonduc Tree, Caesalpinia Bonduc
Terms within: Bonduc Nut, Nicker Nut, Nicker Seed
Group relationships: Caesalpinia, Genus Caesalpinia
Generic synonyms: Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Caesalpinia Bonducella

Caeciliidae
Caeden
Caelum
Caen
Caen stone
Caen stones
Caenolestes
Caenolestidae
Caenorhabditis
Caernarfonshire
Caernarvonshire
Caerphilly
Caesalpinia
Caesalpinia bonduc
Caesalpinia bonducella (current term)
Caesalpinia coriaria
Caesalpinia decapetala
Caesalpinia echinata
Caesalpinia ferrea
Caesalpinia gilliesii
Caesalpinia pulcherrima
Caesalpinia sepiaria
Caesalpiniaceae
Caesalpinioideae
Caesar
Caesar's agaric
Caesar's mushroom
Caesar's mushrooms
Caesar cipher

Literary usage of Caesalpinia bonducella

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Observations of a Naturalist in the Pacific Between 1896 and 1899 by Henry Brougham Guppy (1906)
"The seeds of Caesalpinia bonducella have been also found stranded on beaches in other parts of the world. Thus Prof. Schimper found them in the beach-drift ..."

2. Plant-geography Upon a Physiological Basis by Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper (1903)
"... the grey irregularly rounded seeds of Caesalpinia bonducella, the flat dark ones of a Dioclea, the oblong ones of a species of Erythrina ; the seedlings ..."

3. Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian by Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum (1912)
"Caesalpinia bonducella (L.) Flem. Canavalia galeata Gaud., var. pubescens Hk. & Arn. Cassia occidentalis 1. Erythrina monosperma Gaud. ..."

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