tamarind
pronunciation
How to pronounce tamarind in British English:
UK [ˈtæmərɪnd]
How to pronounce tamarind in American English:
US [ˈtæməˌrɪnd]
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- Noun:
- 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
- large tropical seed pod with very tangy pulp that is eaten fresh or cooked with rice and fish or preserved for curries and chutneys
Word Origin
- tamarind (n.)
- c. 1400, "fruit of the tamarind tree, used medicinally," ultimately from Arabic tamr hindi, literally "date of India," from hind "India." First element cognate with Hebrew tamar "palm tree, date palm." Of the tree itself, from 1610s.
Example
- 1. Tamarind ready-mix powder is available in asian food store .
- 2. Or maybe she was the one given the tamarind water .
- 3. Car parts from germany , seedless tamarind from myanmar and basmati rice from pakistan are offloaded by small cranes from china .
- 4. They were bright green , with red beaks , and there were several in that tamarind tree .