noun
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, ↑huamachil, ↑wild tamarind, ↑Pithecellobium dulce
• Hypernyms: ↑tree
• Member Holonyms: ↑Pithecellobium, ↑genus Pithecellobium, ↑Pithecolobium, ↑genus Pithecolobium
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\\ˈkäməˈchilē\ noun (-s)Etymology: American Spanish camachile, cuamóchil, guamúchil, from Nahuatl cuauh-mochitl
: a common tropical American tree (Pithecolobium dulce) yielding good timber, a yellow dye, a mucilaginous gum, and a widely used edible fruit — called also huamuchil; see manila tamarind
Useful english dictionary. 2012.