Ken·tuck·y prop. n. One of the United States.
 Kentucky blue grass Bot., a valuable pasture and meadow grass (Poa pratensis), found in both Europe and America. See under Blue grass.
 Kentucky coffee tree Bot., a tall North American tree (Gymnocladus Canadensis) with bipinnate leaves.  It produces large woody pods containing a few seeds which have been used as a substitute for coffee.  The timber is very valuable.
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 Kentucky coffee tree
      n : 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 [syn: bonduc, chicot, Gymnocladus
          dioica]