Found 2 hits - Term: wild tamarind, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
tamarind \tam"arind\, n. it. tamarindo, or sp. tamarindo, or
pg. tamarindo, tamarinho, from ar. tamarhindimac,
literally, indian date; tamar a dried date + hind india: cf.
f. tamarin. cf. hindu. bot.
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.
1913 webster
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.
1913 webster
tamarind fish, a preparation of a variety of east indian
fish with the acid pulp of the tamarind fruit.
velvet tamarind.
a a west african leguminous tree codarium
acutifolium.
b one of the small black velvety pods, which are used
for food in sierra leone.
wild tamarind bot., 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.
1913 webster
see also:
hindu tamarindus indica tamarind fish velvet tamarind codarium acutifolium wild tamarind
lysiloma latisiliqua pithecolobium filicifolium
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
wild tamarind
n 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 syn: manila tamarind, camachile,
huamachil, pithecellobium dulce
2: a tree of the west indies and florida and mexico; resembles
tamarind and has long flat pods syn: lysiloma
latisiliqua, lysiloma bahamensis
see also:
manila tamarind camachile huamachil pithecellobium dulce lysiloma latisiliqua lysiloma bahamensis
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