Molucca bean

noun

Any of certain types of drift seeds (sea beans) that wash up on northern European and Atlantic coasts, originally from tropical vines in the Caribbean and West Indies.

Meanings

nounMolucca bean (plural Molucca beans)

plural Molucca beans · alternative rare bean of Molucca

  1. Any of certain types of drift seeds (sea beans) that wash up on northern European and Atlantic coasts, originally from tropical vines in the Caribbean and West Indies.
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