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
   "Children enjoy eating the sweet pulp from camachile pods";
   - manila tamarind, huamachil, wild tamarind, Pithecellobium dulce

Derived forms: camachiles

Type of: tree

Part of: genus Pithecellobium, genus Pithecolobium, Pithecellobium, Pithecolobium

Encyclopedia: Camachile