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Definition of Pithecolobium
1. Noun. Thorny shrubs and trees of tropical and subtropical America and Asia.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Mimosoideae, Subfamily Mimosoideae
Member holonyms: Camachile, Huamachil, Manila Tamarind, Pithecellobium Dulce, Wild Tamarind, Black Bead, Cat's-claw, Catclaw, Pithecellodium Unguis-cati
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pithecolobium
Literary usage of Pithecolobium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1878)
"... as well as the Pithecolobium Saman may, under some abnormal circumstances,
exude a sugary secretion which insects would eagerly feed on.1 WT THISELTON ..."
2. The Bahama Islands by George Burbank Shattuck, Geographical Society of Baltimore (1905)
"This begins immediately behind the association last mentioned. Its principal
plants are Pithecolobium ..."
3. The Indian Forester (1879)
"Pithecolobium Saman, or, as it is popularly known in Jamaica, Quango, is, as an
aesthetic feature, one of the most magnificent ..."
4. Pamphlets on Forestry in the Philippine Islands (1903)
"The pods are oblong, somewhat curved, 6 to 12 centimeters long, about 2 centimeters
wide, and contain 1 to 4 large seeds. Genus Pithecolobium ..."
5. The Philippine Journal of Science by Philippines Bureau of Science (1908)
"Pithecolobium pauciflorum Benth. in Lond. Journ. Bot. 3 (1844) 212. This species
was based on flowering specimens, Cuming 1854, ..."
6. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1878)
"... as well as the Pithecolobium Saman may, under some abnormal circumstances,
exude a sugary secretion which insects would eagerly feed on.1 WT THISELTON ..."
7. The Bahama Islands by George Burbank Shattuck, Geographical Society of Baltimore (1905)
"This begins immediately behind the association last mentioned. Its principal
plants are Pithecolobium ..."
8. The Indian Forester (1879)
"Pithecolobium Saman, or, as it is popularly known in Jamaica, Quango, is, as an
aesthetic feature, one of the most magnificent ..."
9. Pamphlets on Forestry in the Philippine Islands (1903)
"The pods are oblong, somewhat curved, 6 to 12 centimeters long, about 2 centimeters
wide, and contain 1 to 4 large seeds. Genus Pithecolobium ..."
10. The Philippine Journal of Science by Philippines Bureau of Science (1908)
"Pithecolobium pauciflorum Benth. in Lond. Journ. Bot. 3 (1844) 212. This species
was based on flowering specimens, Cuming 1854, ..."
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