Pithecolobium — noun thorny shrubs and trees of tropical and subtropical America and Asia • Syn: ↑Pithecellobium, ↑genus Pithecellobium, ↑genus Pithecolobium • Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Mimosoideae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
genus Pithecellobium — noun thorny shrubs and trees of tropical and subtropical America and Asia • Syn: ↑Pithecellobium, ↑Pithecolobium, ↑genus Pithecolobium • Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Mimosoideae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
rosid dicot genus — noun a genus of dicotyledonous plants • Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus • Hyponyms: ↑Connarus, ↑genus Connarus, ↑Arachis, ↑genus Arachis, ↑Brya, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Mimosoideae — noun alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Mimosaceae • Syn: ↑subfamily Mimosoideae • Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot family • Member Holonyms: ↑Leguminosae, ↑family Leguminosae, ↑Fabaceae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
subfamily Mimosoideae — noun alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Mimosaceae • Syn: ↑Mimosoideae • Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot family • Member Holonyms: ↑Leguminosae, ↑family Leguminosae, ↑Fabaceae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
wild tamarind — noun 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 gum • Syn: ↑manila tamarind, ↑camachile,… … Useful english dictionary
camachile — 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… … Useful english dictionary
cat's-claw — noun erect shrub with small if any spines having racemes of white to yellow flowers followed by curved pointed pods and black shiny seeds; West Indies and Florida • Syn: ↑catclaw, ↑black bead, ↑Pithecellodium unguis cati • Hypernyms: ↑shrub,… … Useful english dictionary
Pithecellobium — noun thorny shrubs and trees of tropical and subtropical America and Asia • Syn: ↑genus Pithecellobium, ↑Pithecolobium, ↑genus Pithecolobium • Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Mimosoideae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
black bead — noun erect shrub with small if any spines having racemes of white to yellow flowers followed by curved pointed pods and black shiny seeds; West Indies and Florida • Syn: ↑cat s claw, ↑catclaw, ↑Pithecellodium unguis cati • Hypernyms: ↑shrub,… … Useful english dictionary