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prettygoodwordtamarind (TAM-uh-rind) - n., a tropical evergreen tree (Tamarindus indica) native to Africa and widely cultivated in the tropics for its seed pods; the pods themselves or the juicy acid pulp extracted from them, used in beverages and food; the dark brown color of the pulp.
Not to be confused with tamarack or tamarisk. Tamarindo (more fully, agua de tamarindo) is yum, and I will even sometimes chose it over horchata. The word's been in English since around 1500 as tamarinde, via either Medieval Latin tamarindus or Old French tamarinde from Arabic tamr hindī, tamarind, lit. Indian dates (from tamr, dates + hindī, of India), so called because medieval Arabian merchants imported it from India.
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And that wraps up not just this trilogy of tamar-trees but this week of plants. Back next week with the usual unsorted heap of whatever's next in the queue.
---L.
Not to be confused with tamarack or tamarisk. Tamarindo (more fully, agua de tamarindo) is yum, and I will even sometimes chose it over horchata. The word's been in English since around 1500 as tamarinde, via either Medieval Latin tamarindus or Old French tamarinde from Arabic tamr hindī, tamarind, lit. Indian dates (from tamr, dates + hindī, of India), so called because medieval Arabian merchants imported it from India.
Thanks, WikiMedia!
And that wraps up not just this trilogy of tamar-trees but this week of plants. Back next week with the usual unsorted heap of whatever's next in the queue.
---L.
