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Definition of Velvet tamarind

Velvet tamarind
Tamarind Tam"a*rind, n. [It. tamarindo, or Sp. tamarindo, or Pg. tamarindo, tamarinho, from Ar. tamarhind[=i], literally, Indian date; tamar a dried date + Hind India: cf. F. tamarin. Cf. Hindu.] (Bot.) 1. A leguminous tree (Tamarindus Indica) cultivated both the Indies, and the other tropical countries, for the sake of its shade, and for its fruit. The trunk of the tree is lofty and large, with wide-spreading branches; the flowers are in racemes at the ends of the branches. The leaves are small and finely pinnated. 2. One of the preserved seed pods of the tamarind, which contain an acid pulp, and are used medicinally and for preparing a pleasant drink. Tamarind fish, a preparation of a variety of East Indian fish with the acid pulp of the tamarind fruit. Velvet tamarind. (a) A West African leguminous tree (Codarium acutifolium). (b) One of the small black velvety pods, which are used for food in Sierra Leone. Wild tamarind (Bot.), a name given to certain trees somewhat resembling the tamarind, as the Lysiloma latisiliqua of Southern Florida, and the Pithecolobium filicifolium of the West Indies.

Meaning of Velvet tamarind from wikipedia

- Velvet tamarind is a common name for several trees in the genus Dialium and may refer to: Dialium cochinchinense, native to southeast Asia Dialium guineense...
- cochinchinense, or velvet tamarind, native to southeast Asia Dialium guineense, or velvet tamarind, native to Africa Dialium indum, or tamarind-plum, native...
- Dialium guineense, the velvet tamarind, is a tall, tropical, fruit-bearing tree in the family Fabaceae. It has small, typically grape-sized, edible fruits...
- of Eastern Australia Garcinia gummi-gutta, Malabar tamarind, native to Indonesia Velvet tamarind This page is an index of articles on plant species (or...
- Dialium cochinchinense, the velvet tamarind, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to Borneo and Indochina (Cambodia, Laos...
- of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, subfamily Dialioideae. Velvet tamarind is a common name for several species. The genus includes 37 species...
- common names include monkey tamarind, velvet bean, Bengal velvet bean, Florida velvet bean, Mauritius velvet bean, Yokohama velvet bean, cowage, cowitch, lacuna...
- minutiflora Texas peach Prunus texana Tianshan cherry Prunus tianshanica Velvet tamarind Dialium cochinchinense Viagra palm fruit Calamus erectus Water apple...
- after a local tree, pokok kranji or keranji (Malay for Dialium indum, velvet tamarind tree). Kranji served as a military camp before the ****anese invasion...
- leaves to be sold to traders is an important income. The harvesting of velvet tamarind (Dialium ovoideum) is an important income source to the rural people...