kamachili

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English

Kamachili (Pithecolobium dulce)

Etymology

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Noun

kamachili (uncountable)

  1. A fast-growing tree found in the tropics (Pithecolobium dulce) whose bark is used in tanning.
    • 1926, Philippine Education Magazine - Volume 23, page 214:
      HER face buried in her hands, choking with heart-breaking sobs, Asa sat in the shade of the kamachili tree, fragrant with flowers.
    • 1978, Eduardo Quisumbing, Medicinal Plants of the Philippines, page 423:
      Kamachili is a pantropic species found throughout the Philippines at low and medium altitudes, in many regions being thoroughly naturalized. It was introduced from Mexico.
    • 2001, Lawrence J. Cunningham, Janice J. Beaty, A History of Guam, page 231:
      We used many small pieces of mangrove or kamachili bark.