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Definition: Entada scandens
Florida bean
\Flor"i*da 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.
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Scimiter
\Scim"i*ter\, Scimitar
\Scim"i*tar\, n. [F. cimeterre,
cf. It. scimitarra, Sp. cimitarra; fr. Biscayan cimetarra
with a sharp edge; or corrupted from Per. shimsh[=i]r.]
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.]
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2. A long-handled billhook. See
Billhook.
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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.
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Cacoon
\Ca*coon"\, n.
One of the seeds or large beans of a tropical vine (
Entada scandens
) used for making purses, scent bottles, etc.
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