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Definition of Tamarind

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.

2. Noun. Large tropical seed pod with very tangy pulp that is eaten fresh or cooked with rice and fish or preserved for curries and chutneys.

Definition of Tamarind

1. 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.

Definition of Tamarind

1. Noun. A tropical tree, ''Tamarindus indica''. ¹

2. Noun. The fruit of this tree; the pulp is used as spice in Asian cooking and in Worcestershire sauce. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tamarind

1. a tropical tree [n -S]

Medical Definition of Tamarind

1. 1. 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. 2. 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 fish, a preparation of a variety of East Indian fish with the acid pulp of the tamarind fruit. Velvet tamarind. A West African leguminous tree (Codarium acutifolium). One of the small black velvety pods, which are used for food in Sierra Leone. Wild tamarind, a name given to certain trees somewhat resembling the tamarind, as the Lysiloma latisiliqua of Southern Florida, and the Pithecolobium filicifolium of the West Indies. Origin: It. Tamarindo, or Sp. Tamarindo, or Pg. Tamarindo, tamarinho, from Ar. Tamarhindi, literally, Indian date; tamar a dried date + Hind India: cf. F. Tamarin. Cf. Hindoo. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tamarind

tamanus tamara tamarack tamaracks tamarao tamaraos tamaras tamarau tamaraus tamaraw

tamari tamaric tamarillo tamarillos tamarin tamarind (current term) tamarind tree tamarindo tamarinds tamarins

tamaris tamarisk tamarisk family tamarisk gerbil tamarisks tamarugite tamasha tamashas tambac tambacs

Literary usage of Tamarind

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

1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"It Is also found elsewhere In Australia.—Velvet tamarind. ... The tamarind is widely cultivated through the tropics, being desir- das, as M. leoninas, ..."

2. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1842)
"An agreeable whey may be made with it, by boiling two ounces of tamarind-pulp with two pints of milk. tamarinds are frequently given along with senna, ..."

3. Ceylon: An Account of the Island Physical, Historical and Topographical by James Emerson Tennent (1859)
"The tamarind tree1, and especially its fine roots, produce a variegated cabinet wood of much beauty, but of such extreme hardness as scarcely to be workable ..."

4. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1908)
"The UMS and Composition of tamarind Seeds. D. HOOPER. ... tamarind seeds are universally eaten by the pnmr people of India during times of scarcity and ..."

5. Ceylon: An Account of the Island, Physical, Historical, and Topographical by James Emerson Tennent (1860)
"The tamarind tree1, and especially its fine roots, produce a variegated cabinet wood of much beauty, but of such extreme hardness as scarcely to be workable ..."

6. The Source, Chemistry and Use of Food Products by Edgar Henry Summerfield Bailey (1914)
"tamarind paste, which is a mixture of the pulp and about 75 per cent. of sugar, ... By mixing an ounce of the tamarind pulp with about 1 1/2 pints of warm ..."

7. Pharmacographia; a History of the Principal Drugs of Vegetable Origin, Met by Friedrich August Flückiger, Daniel Hanbury (1879)
"Botanical Origin—tamarindus indica L.—The tamarind is a large handsome tree, ... The tamarind has been naturalized in Brazil, Ecuador and Mexico. ..."

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