tamarind tree
- noun
- /ˈtæməˌrɪnd tri/
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tamarindo
- From his vantage point in the tamarind tree, Amadou saw something else.
- shade of a tamarind tree
Examples
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Amadou sat in the shade of a tamarind tree, watching Uncle Ghana's goats.
Fiction book (1998) -
The two boys left the orchard and sat under the tamarind tree.
Fiction book (1998) -
under the tamarind tree
Fiction book (2001) -
Baba's hut was in a spacious open clearing under a tamarind tree deep inside the jungle.
Fiction book (1992) -
In the fourth century BC, the Greek Androsthenes recorded the first written observation of a circadian rhythm—the daily opening and nightly closing of the leaves of a tamarind tree.
Academic text (2005) -
I enjoyed a refreshing drink made from the pulp of the tamarind tree on a hot day.
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The tamarind tree provided a beautiful backdrop for our picnic in the garden.
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Children love to play in the shade of the tamarind tree during the summer.
Synonyms
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A tropical tree with long seed pods and sour fruit used in cooking
A tropical evergreen tree with thin leaves and long pods of sour edible pulp
A tropical tree that makes long seed pods with sour edible pulp used in cooking
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound straightforwardly denotes the kind of tree that bears tamarind: the meaning is directly derived from 'tamarind' (a tropical tree/fruit) + 'tree' (a tall perennial plant). This areal noun + noun composition is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
Tamarind tree is named for its fruit, the tamarind, a pod that people long ago compared to a small date and called 'Indian date'. The tree's long pods hold a sour, edible pulp used in cooking, so the name simply describes the tree that gives that fruit.