buffalo bean

noun

variants: or buffalo apple

Definition of buffalo bean

[so called from its location in buffalo country]

: ground plum

2 : any of certain African climbing legumes (genus Stizolobium) having a velvety seed pod and hairs which cause intolerable itching when they come in contact with the skin

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