Camachile

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  camachile
       n : 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}]