Found 3 hits - Term: entada scandens, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
florida bean \flor"ida bean"\ bot.
a the large, roundish, flattened seed of mucuna urens.
see under bean.
b one of the very large seeds of the entada scandens.
1913 webster
see also:
mucuna urens bean entada scandens
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
scimiter \scim"iter\, scimitar \scim"itar\, n. f. cimeterre,
cf. it. scimitarra, sp. cimitarra; fr. biscayan cimetarra
with a sharp edge; or corrupted from per. shimshimacr.
1. a saber with a much curved blade having the edge on the
convex side, -- in use among mohammedans, esp., the arabs
and persians. written also cimeter, and scymetar.
1913 webster
2. a long-handled billhook. see billhook.
1913 webster
scimiter pods bot., the immense curved woody pods of a
leguminous woody climbing plant entada scandens
growing in tropical india and america. they contain hard
round flattish seeds two inches in diameter, which are
made into boxes.
1913 webster
see also:
cimeter scymetar billhook scimiter pods entada scandens
- [3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
cacoon \cacoon"\, n.
one of the seeds or large beans of a tropical vine entada
scandens used for making purses, scent bottles, etc.
1913 webster cacophonous
cacophonical
cacophonic
see also:
entada scandens
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