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Noun: coral bean
  1. Shrub or small tree having pinnate leaves poisonous to livestock and dense racemes of intensely fragrant blue flowers and red beans
    - mescal bean, frijolito, frijolillo, Sophora secundiflora

Derived forms: coral beans

Type of: tree

Part of: genus Sophora, Sophora

Encyclopedia: Coral bean