bean tree

American  

noun

1. any of several trees bearing pods resembling those of a bean, as the catalpa and the carob tree.

2. the laburnum, Laburnum anagyroides.

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bean tree British  

noun

1. any of various trees having beanlike pods, such as the catalpa and carob

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Etymology

Origin of bean tree

First recorded in 1610–20

Example Sentences

This faith has a substantial origin, for shortly after the bird's first fluty notes are heard the bean tree blossoms, renewing the promise of plenty.

From Confessions of a Beachcomber by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)

He surrounded the monument of his sorrow with a kind of evergreen bean tree, which soon crept over the grave, and entirely concealed it from the view.

From Perils and Captivity Comprising The sufferings of the Picard family after the shipwreck of the Medusa, in the year 1816; Narrative of the captivity of M. de Brisson, in the year 1785; Voyage of Madame Godin along the river of the Amazons, in the year 1770. by Maxwell, Patrick

Secured seeds from the bean tree and the stones of the fruit before alluded to.

From McKinlay's Journal of Exploration in the Interior of Australia by McKinlay, John