tamarind
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Late Middle English thamarynde, from Old French tamarinde, from Medieval Latin tamarindus, from Arabic تَمْر هِنْدِيّ (tamr hindiyy, literally “Indian date”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈtæməɹɪnd/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
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
Swedish
[edit]Noun
[edit]tamarind c
Declension
[edit]Declension of tamarind
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