Lysiloma Latisiliqua

Lysiloma Latisiliqua
Madeira wood Madeira wood (Bot.) (a) The mahogany tree ({Swietenia Mahogoni}). (b) A West Indian leguminous tree ({Lysiloma Latisiliqua}) the wood of which is used for boat trimming. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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  • Lysiloma latisiliqua — Tamarind Tam a*rind, n. [It. tamarindo, or Sp. tamarindo, or Pg. tamarindo, tamarinho, from Ar. tamarhind[=i], literally, Indian date; tamar a dried date + Hind India: cf. F. tamarin. Cf. {Hindu}.] (Bot.) 1. A leguminous tree ({Tamarindus… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Lysiloma latisiliqua — noun a tree of the West Indies and Florida and Mexico; resembles tamarind and has long flat pods • Syn: ↑wild tamarind, ↑Lysiloma bahamensis • Hypernyms: ↑tree • Member Holonyms: ↑Lysiloma, ↑genus Lysiloma …   Useful english dictionary

  • Lysiloma — noun small genus of tropical American trees and shrubs with pinnate leaves and flat straight pods • Syn: ↑genus Lysiloma • Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Mimosoideae, ↑subfamily Mimosoideae …   Useful english dictionary

  • Lysiloma bahamensis — noun a tree of the West Indies and Florida and Mexico; resembles tamarind and has long flat pods • Syn: ↑wild tamarind, ↑Lysiloma latisiliqua • Hypernyms: ↑tree • Member Holonyms: ↑Lysiloma, ↑genus Lysiloma …   Useful english dictionary

  • Lysiloma latisiliquum —   Lysiloma latisiliquum …   Wikipedia Español

  • genus Lysiloma — noun small genus of tropical American trees and shrubs with pinnate leaves and flat straight pods • Syn: ↑Lysiloma • Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Mimosoideae, ↑subfamily Mimosoideae • …   Useful english dictionary

  • wild tamarind — noun 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 • Syn: ↑manila tamarind, ↑camachile,… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Codarium acutifolium — Tamarind Tam a*rind, n. [It. tamarindo, or Sp. tamarindo, or Pg. tamarindo, tamarinho, from Ar. tamarhind[=i], literally, Indian date; tamar a dried date + Hind India: cf. F. tamarin. Cf. {Hindu}.] (Bot.) 1. A leguminous tree ({Tamarindus… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Madeira wood — (Bot.) (a) The mahogany tree ({Swietenia Mahogoni}). (b) A West Indian leguminous tree ({Lysiloma Latisiliqua}) the wood of which is used for boat trimming. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Pithecolobium filicifolium — Tamarind Tam a*rind, n. [It. tamarindo, or Sp. tamarindo, or Pg. tamarindo, tamarinho, from Ar. tamarhind[=i], literally, Indian date; tamar a dried date + Hind India: cf. F. tamarin. Cf. {Hindu}.] (Bot.) 1. A leguminous tree ({Tamarindus… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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