tamarind

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The banyan is the Ficus indica_, or Urostigma bengalense_; the 'pоpal' is Ficus religiosa_, or Urostigma religiosum_; and the tamarind is the Tamarindus indica_, or occidentalis_, or officinalis 13.

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  1. noun A tropical Asian evergreen tree (Tamarindus indica) having pinnately compound leaves, pale yellow flowers, and long pods containing small seeds embedded in an edible pulp.
  2. noun The fruit of this tree.

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  1. Middle English, from Old French tamarinde, from Arabic tamr hindī : tamr, dates; see tmr in Semitic roots + hindī, of India.

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  1. Early modern English also tamerim; = French tamarin, formerly tamarinde, = Spanish Portuguese Italian tamarindo = Italian tamarindi, from Middle Latin tamarindus, from Arabic tamr Hindī, tamr ul Hind, the Indian date: tamr, date (Hebrew tāmār, a palmtree); Hindī, Indian, Hind, India: see Indian, Hindi.
 

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