Pithecolobium

Pithecolobium
noun
thorny shrubs and trees of tropical and subtropical America and Asia
Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus
Member Holonyms: ↑Mimosoideae, ↑subfamily Mimosoideae
Member Meronyms:

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\\ˌpithə̇kəˈlōbēəm\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from pithec- + Greek lobion small lobe, diminutive of lobos lobe — more at sleep
: a large genus of tropical shrubs and trees (family Leguminosae) having bipinnate leaves and globose heads of flowers with many stamens and a twisted or coiled pod — see algarrobilla, cat's-claw 1b, rain tree, wild tamarind

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