Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Kentucky \Ken*tuck"y\, 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.

Source : WordNet®

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}]