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    CORAL BEAN

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Shrub or small tree having pinnate leaves poisonous to livestock and dense racemes of intensely fragrant blue flowers and red beansplay

    Synonyms:

    coral bean; frijolillo; frijolito; mescal bean; Sophora secundiflora

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("coral bean" is a kind of...):

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

    Holonyms ("coral bean" is a member of...):

    genus Sophora; Sophora (cosmopolitan genus of trees and shrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and showy flowers; some species placed in genus Podalyria)

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