n. A common thorny tropical American tree (Pithecellobium dulce) 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.
‖n. (Zool.) See Guanaco. [ 1913 Webster ]
prop. n. a mountain in Peru, 22, 205 feet high. [ proper name ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]
n. a rootlike attachment in parasitic plants that penetrates and obtains food from the host. [ WordNet 1.5 ]