Kentucky coffee tree

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Kentucky coffee tree
    n 1: handsome tree of central and eastern North America having
         large bipinnate leaves and green-white flowers followed by
         large woody brown pods whose seeds are used as a coffee
         substitute [syn: {Kentucky coffee tree}, {bonduc},
         {chicot}, {Gymnocladus dioica}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Kentucky \Ken*tuck"y\, prop. n.
   One of the United States.
   [1913 Webster]

   {Kentucky blue grass} (Bot.), a valuable pasture and meadow
      grass ({Poa pratensis}), found in both Europe and America.
      See under {Blue grass}.

   {Kentucky coffee tree} (Bot.), a tall North American tree
      ({Gymnocladus Canadensis}) with bipinnate leaves. It
      produces large woody pods containing a few seeds which
      have been used as a substitute for coffee. The timber is
      very valuable.
      [1913 Webster]