Kentucky coffee tree
noun
: a tall North American tree (Gymnocladus dioica) of the legume family with bipinnate leaves and large woody brown pods whose seeds have been used as a substitute for coffee
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Like ash trees, Kentucky coffee trees (Gymnocladus dioicus) are tolerant of pollution and a range of soils.
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Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Sep. 2024
Tree varieties for that project include tulip, Kentucky coffee tree, black gum, London planetree, linden, hornbeam, yellowwood, magnolia, redbud and honey locust.
—Peter Krouse, cleveland, 8 Apr. 2022
The city’s spring list of authorized trees includes the shingle oak, Kentucky coffee tree, Hackberry, hybrid elm, tulip tree, plane-tree, Japanese tree lilac, silver linden, chinquapin oak, crabapple, American linden, red oak, swamp white oak and heritage oak.
—Suzanne Baker, chicagotribune.com, 16 July 2021
Our fall color standouts tend to be Kentucky coffee tree (Gymnocladus dioicus), black gum (Nyssa sylvatica) and sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) all of which are fantastic fall color trees, but none of them show up in sufficient density for a screen-saver-worthy aerial photo.
—Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 16 Oct. 2020
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Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Sep. 2024
Tree varieties for that project include tulip, Kentucky coffee tree, black gum, London planetree, linden, hornbeam, yellowwood, magnolia, redbud and honey locust.
—Peter Krouse, cleveland, 8 Apr. 2022
The city’s spring list of authorized trees includes the shingle oak, Kentucky coffee tree, Hackberry, hybrid elm, tulip tree, plane-tree, Japanese tree lilac, silver linden, chinquapin oak, crabapple, American linden, red oak, swamp white oak and heritage oak.
—Suzanne Baker, chicagotribune.com, 16 July 2021
Our fall color standouts tend to be Kentucky coffee tree (Gymnocladus dioicus), black gum (Nyssa sylvatica) and sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) all of which are fantastic fall color trees, but none of them show up in sufficient density for a screen-saver-worthy aerial photo.
—Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 16 Oct. 2020
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