HyperDic: pithecolobium

English > 1 sense of the word Pithecolobium:
NOUNplantPithecolobium, Pithecellobium, genus Pithecellobium, genus Pithecolobiumthorny shrubs and trees of tropical and subtropical America and Asia
English > Pithecolobium: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningthorny shrubs and trees of tropical and subtropical America and Asia.
SynonymsPithecellobium, genus Pithecellobium, genus Pithecolobium
Member ofMimosoideae, subfamily MimosoideaeAlternative name used in some classification systems for the family Mimosaceae
Memberscat's-claw, catclaw, black bead, Pithecellobium unguis-catiErect shrub with small if any spines having racemes of white to yellow flowers followed by curved pointed pods and black shiny seeds
manila tamarind, camachile, huamachil, wild tamarind, Pithecellobium dulceCommon 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
Broaderrosid dicot genusA genus of dicotyledonous plants
Spanishgenus pithecellobium, genus pithecolobium, pithecellobium, pithecolobium
Catalangenus pithecellobium, genus pithecolobium, pithecellobium, pithecolobium

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