SINCE 1828
buffalo bean
noun
variants:
or buffalo apple
Definition of buffalo bean
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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