chicot

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun handsome tree of central and eastern North America having large bipinnate leaves and green-white flowers followed by large woody brown pods whose seeds are used as a coffee substitute

From French chicot.

The Chicots were no longer weeping. — Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant, Guy de Maupassant
General Smith met and defeated this force near Lake Chicot on the 5th of June. — Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant
Author of “The Queen’s Necklace,” “The Three Musketeers,” “Balsamo the Magician,” “Monte Cristo,” “Taking the Bastile,” “Chicot the Jester,” etc. — The Hero of the People: A Historical Romance of Love, Liberty and Loyalty, Alexandre Dumas

Kentucky coffee tree, bonduc, Gymnocladus dioica

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