Tamarind

(tavir -ar-ind )[Arab., tanir, a ripe date; Hind, India]. The Tamarind us indica, a tree of the order Leguminosae. Its fruit (Tamarind us, U. S. P., B. P.) is laxative and refrigerant. Dose 3J-^j (4.0-32.0). Tamar indien. An aromatic confection of senna. 616