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tamarind

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tam·a·rind  (tm-rnd)
n.
1. A tropical Asian evergreen tree (Tamarindus indica) having pinnately compound leaves, pale yellow flowers, and long pods containing small seeds embedded in an edible pulp.
2. The fruit of this tree.

[Middle English, from Old French tamarinde, from Arabic tamr hind : tamr, dates; see tmr in Semitic roots + hind, of India.]

tamarind
Noun
a tropical evergreen tree with fruit whose acid pulp is used as a food and to make beverages and medicines [Arabic tamr hindī Indian date]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.tamarindtamarind - 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, tamarindo - large tropical seed pod with very tangy pulp that is eaten fresh or cooked with rice and fish or preserved for curries and chutneys
genus Tamarindus, Tamarindus - widely cultivated tropical trees originally of Africa
bean tree - any of several trees having seedpods as fruits
2.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
edible fruit - edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh
tamarind, tamarind tree, tamarindo, Tamarindus indica - 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
Translations
tamarind
n tamarind [ˈtӕmərind]
a tropical fruit, a brown pod with a juicy, spicy pulp used in medicines, drinks etc. suurdadel شَجرَة تَمْر هِنْدي вид тропическо дърво tamarind tamarinde die Tamarinde είδος τροπικού φρούτου tamarindo tamarind تمرهندی tamarindi tamarin תָמָר הוֹדִי इमली tamarinda tamarindusfa gyümölcse asam tamarind tamarindo タマリンド 타마린드(열대산 콩과 상록수의 열매) tamarindas tamarinds asam jawa tamarindevrucht tamarind tamarynda tamarindo tamarin индийский финик tamarind tamarinda tamarin tamarind ต้นมะขาม demirhindi 羅望子果 тамаринд تمر ہند، املي cây me


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Hast thous not torn the Naiad from her flood, The Elfin from the green grass, and from me The summer dream beneath the tamarind tree?
Various water-courses filter through, toward the east, and work their way onward to flow into the Kingani, in the midst of gigantic clumps of sycamore, tamarind, calabash, and palmyra trees.
But she filled it, none the less, with good, steaming vegetable curry, clapped a fried cake atop, and a morsel of clarified butter on the cake, dabbed a lump of sour tamarind conserve at the side; and Kim looked at the load lovingly.
 
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