buffalo bean

noun

variants or buffalo apple

1

[so called from its location in buffalo country] : ground plum

2

: any of certain African climbing legumes (genus Stizolobium) having a velvety seed pod and hairs which cause intolerable itching when they come in contact with the skin

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