Noun: wild tamarind
- A tree of the West Indies and Florida and Mexico; resembles tamarind and has long flat pods
"Wild tamarind pods littered the beach path";
- Lysiloma latisiliqua, Lysiloma bahamensis
- 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 wild tamarind pods";
- manila tamarind, camachile, huamachil, Pithecellobium dulce
Derived forms: wild tamarinds
Type of: tree
Part of: genus Lysiloma, genus Pithecellobium, genus Pithecolobium, Lysiloma, Pithecellobium, Pithecolobium
Encyclopedia: Wild tamarind