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Definition of Tamarind tree
1. Noun. 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.
Terms within: Tamarind, Tamarindo
Group relationships: Genus Tamarindus, Tamarindus
Generic synonyms: Bean Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tamarind Tree
Literary usage of Tamarind tree
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1835)
"The tamarind-tree exists also in Arabia, Egypt, and other parts of Africa; but
that of the West Indies is perhaps a different species, distinguished by the ..."
2. In Dwarf Land and Cannibal Country: A Record of Travel and Discovery in by Albert Bushnell Lloyd (1900)
"... CHAPTER III GLIMPSES OF CAMP LIFE Under the tamarind tree—Refreshment for the
cows—Hope deferred at ..."
3. Changing Africa: The First Literary Generation of Independent Cape Verde by Gerald M. Moser (1992)
"The tamarind tree that resisted the drought Was helpless before the man with the
axe Down it went into the fire to cook the ..."
4. Changing Africa: the First Literary Generation of Independent Cape Verde by Gerald Moser (2007)
"The tamarind tree that resisted the drought Was helpless before the man with the
axe Down it went into the fire to cook the ..."
5. A Narrative of a Visit to the Mauritius and South Africa by James Backhouse (1844)
"tamarind tree.—Plants.—State of Religion.—Animals.—Shrubs. —Sabbath.—Canteens.
— Cemetery. — Chinese. — Creoles. — Missionaries. — Schools, &c. ..."
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