Tamarind

(tarn' '-ar-ind). The pulp of the fruit of Tamarind us indica. It contains various fruit-acids, sugar, etc. It is laxative and refrigerant. It is usually prescribed with other laxatives. Dose indefinite. Also the fruit itself and the tree that produces it. T.-water, an infusion of tamarind in cold water. It is used as a cooling drink in fevers. Tamar indien. See Senna.