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Kentucky coffeetree

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A widely-dispersed but rare tree, of species Gymnocladus dioicus, native to the midwest of North America.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: chicot

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Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Cheyenne: mâhtao'kemenôtse — tree
  • Cheyenne: motâhko'emenôtse — tree
  • Chinese Mandarin: 白葉肥皂莢 /白叶肥皂荚 (báiyèféizàojiá) — tree
  • Dutch: doodsbeenderenboom — tree
  • Finnish: lännenpapupuu — tree
  • French: chicot du Canada — tree
  • German: Kentucky-Kaffee — tree
  • German: Kentucky-Kaffee-Baum — tree
  • German: Kentucky-Kaffeebaum — tree
  • Hungarian: amerikai vasfa — tree
  • Polish: kłęk kanadyjski — tree
  • Russian: бунду́к кана́дский (bundúk kanádskij) — tree
  • Russian: кентукки́йское кофе́йное де́рево (kentukkíjskoje koféjnoje dérevo) — tree
  • Russian: бунду́к двудо́мный (bundúk dvudómnyj) — tree
  • Spanish: raigón del Canadá — tree