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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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