Definition of Tamarindus indica

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.

Exact synonyms: Tamarind, Tamarind Tree, Tamarindo
Terms within: Tamarind, Tamarindo
Group relationships: Genus Tamarindus, Tamarindus
Generic synonyms: Bean Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tamarindus Indica

Talpidae
Talwin
Talyrond
Tamagotchi
Tamahaq
Tamajaq
Tamandua tetradactyla
Tamanduateí
Tamar
Tamara
Tamara Karsavina
Tamari lattice
Tamari lattices
Tamaricaceae
Tamarindus
Tamarindus indica (current term)
Tamarix
Tamasheq
Tamaulipas
Tamazight
Tamblin
Tambling
Tamblyn
Tambocor
Tambov
Tamburlaine
Tamera
Tamerlane
Tameside
Tamiami virus

Literary usage of Tamarindus indica

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1886)
"... Tamarindus indica, Pongamia glabra, Morinda citrifolia, and Santalum album. A palm (Phoenix sylvestris) is very common in the northern and central parts ..."

2. The timber trees, timber and fancy woods, as also, the forests of India and by Edward Balfour (1870)
"Tamr-i-hindi, PERS., Tamarindus indica, Linn. Tamarindo, IT., SP., Tamarindus indica, ... Tamarindus officinalis, Hooker, syn. of Tamarindus indica, Linn. ..."

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