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Entada scandens
Scimiter Scim"i*ter, Scimitar Scim"i*tar, n. [F. cimeterre, cf. It. scimitarra, Sp. cimitarra; fr. Biscayan cimetarra with a sharp edge; or corrupted from Per. shimsh[=i]r.] 1. A saber with a much curved blade having the edge on the convex side, -- in use among Mohammedans, esp., the Arabs and persians. [Written also cimeter, and scymetar.] 2. A long-handled billhook. See Billhook. Scimiter pods (Bot.), the immense curved woody pods of a leguminous woody climbing plant (Entada scandens) growing in tropical India and America. They contain hard round flattish seeds two inches in diameter, which are made into boxes.
Entada scandens
Cacoon Ca*coon", n. One of the seeds or large beans of a tropical vine (Entada scandens) used for making purses, scent bottles, etc.
Entada scandens
Florida bean Flor"i*da bean" (Bot.) (a) The large, roundish, flattened seed of Mucuna urens. See under Bean. (b) One of the very large seeds of the Entada scandens.
Pentadactyl
Pentadactyl Pen`ta*dac"tyl, Pentadactyle Pen`ta*dac"tyle, a. [Gr. ? with five fingers or toes. See Penta-, and Dactyl.] 1. (Anat.) Having five digits to the hand or foot. 2. Having five appendages resembling fingers or toes.
Pentadactyle
Pentadactyl Pen`ta*dac"tyl, Pentadactyle Pen`ta*dac"tyle, a. [Gr. ? with five fingers or toes. See Penta-, and Dactyl.] 1. (Anat.) Having five digits to the hand or foot. 2. Having five appendages resembling fingers or toes.
Pentadactyloid
Pentadactyloid Pen`ta*dac"tyl*oid, a. [Pentadactyl + -oid.] (Anat.) Having the form of, or a structure modified from, a pentadactyl limb.

Meaning of Entada from wikipedia

- Entada abyssinica Steud. ex A.Rich. Entada africana Guill. & Perr. Entada arenaria Schinz Entada bacillaris F.White Entada borneensis Ridl. Entada burkei...
- Entada rheedii, commonly known as African dream herb or snuff box sea bean, and as the cacoon vine in Jamaica, is a large woody liana or climber of the...
- Entada elephantina, commonly known as the eland's wattle or elephant's root, is a subshrub in the mimosoid clade of legumes. They occur widely and in several...
- Entada gigas, commonly known as the monkey-ladder, sea bean, cœur de la mer or sea heart, is a species of flowering liana in the pea family, Fabaceae of...
- Entada phaseoloides, commonly known in English as the matchbox bean or St. Thomas' bean, is a large twining vine or liana in the pea and bean family Fabaceae...
- meters (2000'). Hawkins has accepted a length of 1.5 km (1 mile) for an Entada phaseoloides. The longest monocot liana is Calamus manan (or Calamus ornatus)...
- Entada burkei (synonym Elephantorrhiza burkei), commonly known as the elephant root or sumach bean, is a deciduous shrub or small tree in the mimosoid...
- Entada rangei, commonly known as the skew-leaved elephant-root, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is a deciduous, multi-stemmed...
- and Fijians, they used around fifty to one hundred flat circular seeds of Entada gigas for the game. There were several methods of playing in ancient Europe...
- Pseudoprosopis Harms Tetrapleura Benth. Xylia Benth. Entada group Elephantorrhiza Benth. Entada Adans. Piptadeniastrum Brenan Newtonia group Fillaeopsis...