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Tamarind n. (Bot.)

A leguminous tree (Tamarindus Indica) cultivated both the Indies, and the other tropical countries, for the sake of its shade, and for its fruit. The trunk of the tree is lofty and large, with wide-spreading branches; the flowers are in racemes at the ends of the branches. The leaves are small and finely pinnated.

One of the preserved seed pods of the tamarind, which contain an acid pulp, and are used medicinally and for preparing a pleasant drink.

Tamarind fish, a preparation of a variety of East Indian fish with the acid pulp of the tamarind fruit.

Velvet tamarind.

(a)

A West African leguminous tree (Codarium acutifolium).

(b)

One of the small black velvety pods, which are used for food in Sierra Leone.

Wild tamarind (Bot.), a name given to certain trees somewhat resembling the tamarind, as the Lysiloma latisiliqua of Southern Florida, and the Pithecolobium filicifolium of the West Indies.

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Etymology of 'Tamarind'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Tamarind" Quotes from Famous Books

... shrubs. New Zealand contributes her share, and to China and Japan they are indebted for the camphor tree, the gingko, the loquat, and the chestnuts. To South Africa they are indebted for the silver tree, and from the northern part of that country the date-palm and the tamarind. ...

— A Truthful Woman in Southern California • Kate Sanborn

... Tamarind.—This tree (Tamarindus indica) is known in Tagalog, Bicol and Pampanga as sampalok, in Visayan as sambag, in Ilocano as salamagui, and in Palawan as kalampisao. It is a large tree with dense foliage. The leaves are employed as a bleaching ...

— Philippine Mats - Philippine Craftsman Reprint Series No. 1 • Hugo H. Miller

Words linked to "Tamarind" : tamarindo, manila tamarind, Tamarindus, edible fruit, genus Tamarindus, Spanish tamarind, wild tamarind