pithecellobium dulce
4 definitions found
pithecellobium dulce - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
huamachil \huamachil\ n.
A common thorny tropical American tree (Pithecellobium dulce
) having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by
sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good
timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum.
Syn: manila tamarind, camachile, wild tamarind,
Pithecellobium dulce.
[WordNet 1.5]
manila tamarind \manila tamarind\ n.
A common thorny tropical American tree (Pithecellobium dulce
) having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by
sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good
timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum.
Syn: camachile, huamachil, wild tamarind, Pithecellobium dulce
.
[WordNet 1.5]
camachile \camachile\ n.
a common thorny tropical American tree (Pithecellobium dulce
) having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by
sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good
timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum.
Syn: manila tamarind, huamachil, wild tamarind.
[WordNet 1.5]
pithecellobium dulce - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :
Pithecellobium dulce
n 1: common thorny tropical American tree having terminal
racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle-shaped or
circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow
dye and mucilaginous gum [syn: manila tamarind,
camachile, huamachil, wild tamarind, Pithecellobium dulce
]
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