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TAMARIND TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tamarind tree mean? 

TAMARIND TREE (noun)
  The noun TAMARIND TREE has 1 sense:

1. 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 pulpplay

  Familiarity information: TAMARIND TREE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TAMARIND TREE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

tamarind; tamarind tree; tamarindo; Tamarindus indica

Hypernyms ("tamarind tree" is a kind of...):

bean tree (any of several trees having seedpods as fruits)

Meronyms (parts of "tamarind tree"):

tamarind; tamarindo (large tropical seed pod with very tangy pulp that is eaten fresh or cooked with rice and fish or preserved for curries and chutneys)

Holonyms ("tamarind tree" is a member of...):

genus Tamarindus; Tamarindus (widely cultivated tropical trees originally of Africa)


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