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单词 red bead tree
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red bead tree
red bead tree n. Caribbean either of two leguminous trees with ornamental red seeds which are used as beads: (a) Ormosia jamaicensis (subfamily Faboideae), also called bead-tree (obsolete); (b) red sandalwood, Adenanthera pavonina (subfamily Mimosoideae).
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1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 298 The Red-Bead Tree... The seeds are pretty large, and well marked with a proportioned black spot.
1909 W. Harris in West Indian Bull. 9 311 Red-Bead Tree (Adenanthera pavonina, Linn.)... The scarlet seeds, known as Circassian seeds, are used for making necklaces, etc.
1972 C. D. Adams Flowering Plants Jamaica 337 A[denanthera] pavonina... Circassian Seed, Red Bead Tree... Rather common, planted as a shade tree and naturalized.
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