bean tree

/bin tri/

Other forms: bean trees

Definitions of bean tree

1. noun

   any of several trees having seedpods as fruits
   types:

   Coumarouna odorata, Dipteryx odorata, tonka bean, tonka bean tree

   tall tropical South American tree having pulpy egg-shaped pods of fragrant black almond-shaped seeds used for flavoring

   Ceratonia siliqua, algarroba, carob, carob bean tree, carob tree

   evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical carob

   Tamarindus indica, tamarind, tamarind tree, tamarindo

   long-lived tropical evergreen tree with a spreading crown and feathery evergreen foliage and fragrant flowers yielding hard yellowish wood and long pods with edible chocolate-colored acidic pulp

   Australian chestnut, Moreton Bay chestnut

   Australian tree having pinnate leaves and orange-yellow flowers followed by large woody pods containing 3 or 4 seeds that resemble chestnuts; yields dark strong wood

   Indian bean, catalpa

   tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white flowers followed by long slender pods

   Catalpa bignioides

   catalpa tree of southern United States

   Catalpa speciosa

   catalpa tree of central United States

   type of:

   tree

   a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms