Noun: manila tamarind
- 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 manila tamarind pods";
- camachile, huamachil, wild tamarind, Pithecellobium dulce
Derived forms: manila tamarinds
Type of: tree
Part of: genus Pithecellobium, genus Pithecolobium, Pithecellobium, Pithecolobium
Encyclopedia: Manila tamarind