Definition of tamarind Tamarind

tam•a•rind

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What does tamarind mean?

Noun Plural: tamarinds
tamarind - long-lived tropical evergreen tree with a spreading crown and feathery evergreen foliage and fragrant flowers yielding hard yellowish wood and long pods with edible chocolate-colored acidic pulp
		tamarind tree, tamarindo, Tamarindus indica
		bean tree any of several trees having seedpods as fruits
		genus tamarindus, tamarindus widely cultivated tropical trees originally of Africa
tamarind - large tropical seed pod with very tangy pulp that is eaten fresh or cooked with rice and fish or preserved for curries and chutneys
		tamarindo
		edible fruit edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh

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tamarind (Noun)
A tropical tree, Tamarindus indica.
tamarind (Noun)
The fruit of this tree; the pulp is used as spice in Asian cooking and in Worcestershire sauce .

tamarind (n.)
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.
tamarind (n.)
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
A tropical tree, native to Africa, including Sudan and parts of the Madagascar dry deciduous forests.

tamarind
tam′a-rind, n. a beautiful spreading East Indian tree, its pods filled with a pleasant, acidulous, sweet, reddish-black pulp, in which the seeds are embedded. [Tamarindus, Latinised from Ar. tamar-u'l Hind, 'date of India,' or perhaps rather, in Persian form, tamar-i-Hindī.]