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    TAMARINDUS INDICA

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     I. (noun) 

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    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 pulpplay

    Synonyms:

    tamarind; tamarind tree; tamarindo; Tamarindus indica

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Tamarindus indica" is a kind of...):

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

    Meronyms (parts of "Tamarindus indica"):

    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 ("Tamarindus indica" is a member of...):

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

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