tamarind

Etymology

From Late Middle English thamarynde, from Old French tamarinde, from Medieval Latin tamarindus, from Arabic تَمْر هِنْدِيّ (tamr hindiyy, literally “Indian date”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtæməɹɪnd/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

tamarind (countable and uncountable, plural tamarinds)

1. (botany) A tropical tree, Tamarindus indica.
2. (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.

3. Other similar species:
   1. Diploglottis australis, native tamarind, a rainforest tree of Eastern Australia.
   2. Garcinia gummi-gutta, Malabar tamarind, native to Indonesia.
   3. A velvet tamarind (Dialium spp.).
4. A dark brown color, like that of tamarind pulp (also called tamarind brown).

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Further reading

• tamarind on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Tamarindus indica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Tamarindus indica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Noun

tamarind c

1. (botany) tamarind
2. (cooking) tamarind

References

• tamarind in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tamarind in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tamarind in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)