bead tree

noun

1. Barbados pride ( def 1 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of bead tree¹

First recorded in 1660–70; so called from its bright scarlet seeds, used for necklaces

Example Sentences

The Bead tree, so called from the seeds being used for rosaries, bearing much-branched panicles of fragrant lilac flowers.

From Project Gutenberg

Crab's′-eyes, the scarlet seeds of an East Indian bead-tree: a concretion of carbonate of lime in the stomach of the cray-fish.

From Project Gutenberg