What is "cacoon"

Cacoon \Ca*coon"\, n. One of the seeds or large beans of a tropical vine ( Entada scandens) used for making purses, scent bottles, etc.

large, flat bean from an African shrub, 1854, from some African word.

n. The bean-like seed of a tropical vine (''Entada rheedii''), used as a hallucinogen and in traditional medicine, and made into jewelry.