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CAMACHILE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does camachile mean? 

CAMACHILE (noun)
  The noun CAMACHILE has 1 sense:

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 gumplay

  Familiarity information: CAMACHILE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CAMACHILE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

camachile; huamachil; manila tamarind; Pithecellobium dulce; wild tamarind

Hypernyms ("camachile" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Holonyms ("camachile" is a member of...):

genus Pithecellobium; genus Pithecolobium; Pithecellobium; Pithecolobium (thorny shrubs and trees of tropical and subtropical America and Asia)


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