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Pithecolobium filicifolium
(gcide) | Tamarind \Tam"a*rind\, n. [It. tamarindo, or Sp. tamarindo, or
Pg. tamarindo, tamarinho, from Ar. tamarhind[imac],
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.
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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.
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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.
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Pithecolobium micradenium
(gcide) | Shagbark \Shag"bark`\, n. (Bot.)
A rough-barked species of hickory (Carya alba), its nut.
Called also shellbark. See Hickory.
(b) The West Indian Pithecolobium micradenium, a legiminous
tree with a red coiled-up pod.
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Pithecolobium Saman
(gcide) | Zamang \Za*mang"\, n. (Bot.)
An immense leguminous tree (Pithecolobium Saman) of
Venezuela. Its branches form a hemispherical mass, often one
hundred and eighty feet across. The sweet pulpy pods are used
commonly for feeding cattle. Also called rain tree. --J.
Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).
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genus pithecolobium
(wn) | genus Pithecolobium
n 1: thorny shrubs and trees of tropical and subtropical America
and Asia [syn: Pithecellobium, genus Pithecellobium,
Pithecolobium, genus Pithecolobium] |
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