TAMARIND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tamarind mean? 

• TAMARIND (noun)
  The noun TAMARIND has 2 senses:

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 pulp

2. large tropical seed pod with very tangy pulp that is eaten fresh or cooked with rice and fish or preserved for curries and chutneys

  Familiarity information: TAMARIND used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TAMARIND (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" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (parts of "tamarind"):

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" is a member of...):

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Large tropical seed pod with very tangy pulp that is eaten fresh or cooked with rice and fish or preserved for curries and chutneys

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

tamarind; tamarindo

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

edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)

Holonyms ("tamarind" is a part of...):

tamarind; tamarind tree; tamarindo; Tamarindus indica (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)