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Definition of: nickernut tree
(nik′ər·nut)
1. A tropical American climbing shrub (Caesalpinia crista) with prickly, oval pods bearing seeds or nuts called nickernuts or bonducnuts.
2. The Kentucky coffee tree. [? <NICKER1, from the use of its seeds as marbles]
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