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SPANISH TAMARIND
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Spanish tamarind mean?
• SPANISH TAMARIND (noun)
The noun SPANISH TAMARIND has 1 sense:
1. shrubby tree of Madagascar occasionally cultivated for its edible apple-shaped fruit
Familiarity information: SPANISH TAMARIND used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shrubby tree of Madagascar occasionally cultivated for its edible apple-shaped fruit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Spanish tamarind; Vangueria madagascariensis
Hypernyms ("Spanish tamarind" is a kind of...):
tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)
Holonyms ("Spanish tamarind" is a member of...):
genus Vangueria; Vangueria (tropical African and Asiatic trees and shrubs having one-seeded fruit)
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