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Definition of Bead tree

1. Noun. Small tree of West Indies and northeastern Venezuela having large oblong pointed leaflets and panicles of purple flowers; seeds are black or scarlet with black spots.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bead Tree

Literary usage of Bead tree

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

1. Henderson's Handbook of Plants and General Horticulture \ by Peter Henderson (1910)
"bead tree. From Melia, the Greek name for the Ash ; in allusion to the ... It derives the name bead tree on account of the use made of the seeds in Catholic ..."

2. The History of Barbados: Comprising a Geographical and Statistical by Robert Hermann Schomburgk (1848)
"Bead-tree, black, 578. Bead-vine, red, 522. Bean, French, 489, 490. , great ... Bead-tree, common, 378. , Circassian, 545. , red, 500. Bean-tree, 518. ..."

3. The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and ...by Philip Miller by Philip Miller (1754)
"AZEDARACH, The Bead-tree. ... £W. The Bead- tree. 2. ... The bead tree, which is always green and flowering. ..."

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