A tropical tree native to Mexico and Central America that produces edible bean pods, related to tamarind.
From Nahuatl (Aztec) language, showing Pre-Columbian indigenous origins; the name preserves the Aztec classification of useful food-producing trees.
Many everyday words for tropical foods come straight from Nahuatl—'chocolate,' 'tomato,' 'avocado'—revealing how Spanish explorers adopted indigenous knowledge about local plants!
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