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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 fruitplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


SPANISH TAMARIND (noun)


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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