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Noun: Tamarindus indica
  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-coloured acidic pulp
    - tamarind, tamarind tree, tamarindo

Type of: bean tree

Part of: genus Tamarindus, Tamarindus

Encyclopedia: Tamarindus indica