necklace tree

/ˌnɛkləs tri/

Other forms: necklace trees

Definitions of necklace tree

1. noun

   a tree of the genus Ormosia having seeds used as beads
   types:

   Ormosia monosperma, bead tree, jumby bean, jumby tree

   small tree of West Indies and northeastern Venezuela having large oblong pointed leaflets and panicles of purple flowers; seeds are black or scarlet with black spots

   Ormosia coarctata, jumbie bead, jumby bead

   West Indian tree similar to Ormosia monosperma but larger and having smaller leaflets and smaller seeds

   type of:

   tree

   a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms