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TAMARINDUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Widely cultivated tropical trees originally of Africa
Synonyms:
genus Tamarindus; Tamarindus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Tamarindus" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "Tamarindus"):
tamarind; tamarind tree; tamarindo; Tamarindus indica (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)
Holonyms ("Tamarindus" is a member of...):
Fabaceae; family Fabaceae; family Leguminosae; legume family; Leguminosae; pea family (a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae)
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