| Noun | 1. | wild tamarind - 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 |
| 2. | wild tamarind - a tree of the West Indies and Florida and Mexico; resembles tamarind and has long flat pods Synonyms: Lysiloma bahamensis, Lysiloma latisiliqua |