tamarind


Definition: Meaning of, tamarind in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈtam(ə)rɪnd /

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Singular Plural
tamarind tamarinds
[countable]
  1. a tropical tree, or the fruit of this tree
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tamarind used in phrases

  • Spanish tamarind (noun)
    1. shrubby tree of Madagascar occasionally cultivated for its edible apple-shaped fruit
  • manila tamarind (noun)
    1. common thorny tropical American tree having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum
  • tamarind tree (noun)
    1. 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-coloured acidic pulp
  • wild tamarind (noun)
    1. common thorny tropical American tree having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum
    2. a tree of the West Indies and Florida and Mexico; resembles tamarind and has long flat pods
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