tamarind
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Etymology edit
From Late Middle English thamarynde, from Old French tamarinde, from Medieval Latin tamarindus, from Arabic تَمْر هِنْدِيّ (tamr hindiyy, literally “Indian date”).
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Noun edit
tamarind (countable and uncountable, plural tamarinds)
- (botany) A tropical tree, Tamarindus indica.
- (cooking) The fruit of this tree; the pulp is used as spice in Asian cooking and in Worcestershire sauce.
- 2021, Leone Ross, This One Sky Day, Faber & Faber Limited, page 253:
- He began to crack tamarinds, pulling out the pod flesh, adding sugar and black pepper from his palms.
- Other similar species:
- Diploglottis australis, native tamarind, a rainforest tree of Eastern Australia.
- Garcinia gummi-gutta, Malabar tamarind, native to Indonesia.
- A velvet tamarind (Dialium spp.).
- A dark brown colour, like that of tamarind pulp (also called tamarind brown).
- tamarind:
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
tropical tree
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fruit
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Further reading edit
- tamarind on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Tamarindus indica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Tamarindus indica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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Noun edit
tamarind c
Declension edit
Declension of tamarind | ||||
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Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | tamarind | tamarinden | tamarinder | tamarinderna |
Genitive | tamarinds | tamarindens | tamarinders | tamarindernas |
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