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Kentucky coffee tree
noun
- a tall North American tree, Gymnocladus dioica, of the legume family, the seeds of which Kentucky coffee beans were formerly used as a substitute for coffee beans.
Kentucky coffee tree
noun
- a North American leguminous tree, Gymnocladus dioica, whose seeds, in brown curved pulpy pods, were formerly used as a coffee substitute
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Kentucky coffee tree1
First recorded in 1775–85
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