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 Pithecellobium dulce pods";
   - manila tamarind, camachile, huamachil, wild tamarind

Type of: tree

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

Encyclopedia: Pithecellobium dulce