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snuff box sea bean

snuff box sea bean noun: african dream herb (Entada rheedei).

Noun

snuff box sea bean (plural snuff box sea beans)

  1. African dream herb (Entada rheedei).
  2. Matchbox bean, St. Thomas bean (Entada phaseoloides).
    • Lens phaseoloides. Snuff-box sea-bean. Plate LVI. Family Fabaceae. Local names.--Gayê, Gadyê, Gayî, Lódusong, Bayog (Guam); Gogo, Gogong bakai, Bayogo, Balones (Philippines); Cacoon (West Indies); Boja (Cuba); Tupe (Samoa); Kaka (Rarotonga); Match-box bean (Queensland).1905, Elihu Root, Elihu Root collection of United States documents
    • The seeds of the snuff box, sea bean (Entada scandens) are mentioned in Norse literature as early as 1632 as of inorganic origin and were often considered to have been formed by the waves and called solvent stones.1920, Edward W. Berry, “A Fossil Sea Bean from Venezuela”, in The American Journal of Science, page 311

Examples of snuff box sea bean in a sentence

  • entada rheedii, commonly known as the African Dream Herb or Snuff Box Sea Bean2015, S Kamminlun Vaiphei, Folktales of the Vaiphei:
  • Match box bean and snuff box sea bean are other names used for this species.2016, Bharati Bhattacharyya, Golden Greens: The Amazing World of Plants, page 136:

Forms of snuff box sea bean

pluralsnuff box sea beans

Questions about snuff box sea bean

What does snuff box sea bean mean?
Snuff box sea bean means african dream herb (Entada rheedei).
How do you use snuff box sea bean in a sentence?
entada rheedii, commonly known as the African Dream Herb or Snuff Box Sea Bean
What part of speech is snuff box sea bean?
Snuff box sea bean is a noun.
What is the plural of snuff box sea bean?
The plural of snuff box sea bean is snuff box sea beans.

Words near snuff box sea bean in the dictionary

  1. snudging
  2. snuff
  3. snuff bottle
  4. snuff bottles
  5. snuff box
  6. snuff box sea bean
  7. snuff box sea beans
  8. snuff boxes
  9. snuff dish
  10. snuff dishes
  11. snuff film

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