Gymnocladus

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gymnocladus \Gym*noc"la*dus\ (j[i^]m*n[o^]"l[.a]*d[u^]s), n.
     [NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + kla`dos a branch.] (Bot.)
     A genus of leguminous plants; the Kentucky coffee tree. The
     leaves are cathartic, and the seeds a substitute for coffee.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Gymnocladus
       n : small genus of deciduous trees of China and United States
           having paniculate flowers and thick pulpy pods [syn: {genus
           Gymnocladus}]