tamarind

noun

large tropical seed pod with very tangy pulp that is eaten fresh or cooked with rice and fish or preserved for curries and chutneys

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

Roots

tamrhinditamarind- · Arabic · Indian date

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The word tamarind breaks down into one root of Arabic origin: the root tamarind-, from Arabic tamrhindi (“Indian date”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.