noun

• A large tree with red and yellow flowers and decorative timber, native to Queensland, Australia. Its heavy pods contain large poisonous seeds.

  Also called black bean

  Castanospermum australe, family Leguminosae

  ‘Edible varieties of beans and peas include Moreton Bay chestnuts and matchbox bean.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘An unusual and rare tree was planted on the west side of the new garden called a Moreton Bay Chestnut’
  • ‘One current path of research involves an Australian rain forest tree, the Moreton Bay chestnut.’