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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.
Terms within: Tamarind, Tamarindo
Group relationships: Genus Tamarindus, Tamarindus
Generic synonyms: Bean Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tamarindus Indica
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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