'Wild tamarind' definitions:

Definition of 'wild tamarind'

noun

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, huamachil, wild tamarind, Pithecellobium dulce]

noun

A tree of the West Indies and Florida and Mexico; resembles tamarind and has long flat pods [syn: wild tamarind, Lysiloma latisiliqua, Lysiloma bahamensis]

Definition of 'Wild tamarind'

From: GCIDE

Tamarind \Tam"a*rind\, n. [It. tamarindo, or Sp. tamarindo, or Pg. tamarindo, tamarinho, from Ar. tamarhind[imac], literally, Indian date; tamar a dried date + Hind India: cf. F. tamarin. Cf. Hindu.] (Bot.)
1. A leguminous tree (Tamarindus Indica) cultivated both the Indies, and the other tropical countries, for the sake of its shade, and for its fruit. The trunk of the tree is lofty and large, with wide-spreading branches; the flowers are in racemes at the ends of the branches. The leaves are small and finely pinnated. [1913 Webster]
2. One of the preserved seed pods of the tamarind, which contain an acid pulp, and are used medicinally and for preparing a pleasant drink. [1913 Webster]
Tamarind fish, a preparation of a variety of East Indian fish with the acid pulp of the tamarind fruit.
Velvet tamarind. (a) A West African leguminous tree ({Codarium acutifolium}). (b) One of the small black velvety pods, which are used for food in Sierra Leone.
Wild tamarind (Bot.), a name given to certain trees somewhat resembling the tamarind, as the {Lysiloma latisiliqua} of Southern Florida, and the {Pithecolobium filicifolium} of the West Indies. [1913 Webster]