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]