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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, ↑subfamily Mimosoideae

• Member Meronyms:

↑manila tamarind, ↑camachile, ↑huamachil, ↑wild tamarind, ↑Pithecellobium dulce, ↑cat's-claw, ↑catclaw, ↑black bead, ↑Pithecellodium unguis-cati

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\\ˌpithə̇kəˈlōbēəm\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from pithec- + Greek lobion small lobe, diminutive of lobos lobe — more at sleep

: a large genus of tropical shrubs and trees (family Leguminosae) having bipinnate leaves and globose heads of flowers with many stamens and a twisted or coiled pod — see algarrobilla, cat's-claw 1b, rain tree, wild tamarind

Useful english dictionary. 2012.