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(noun) large shrub or shrubby tree having sharp spines and pinnate leaves with small deciduous leaflets and sweet-scented racemose yellow-orange flowers; grown as ornamentals or hedging or emergency food for livestock; tropical America but naturalized in southern United States |
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Synonyms: Jerusalem thorn, Parkinsonia aculeata |
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Related Words: bush, shrub |
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(noun) seed of the broad-bean plant |
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Synonyms: broad bean, fava bean |
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Related Words: bean, bean plant |
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