tamarind plum

Bot.: Dialium indicum , one of the Cynometree. The legume has a delicate agreeable pulp, le acid than that of the tamarind. tăm-a-rin-dus, 8. [TAMARIND.] Bot.: A genus of Cesalpiniese, tribe Amherstiem. Calyx cleft, tubular at the base, two-lipped, the upper lip of three reflexed segments, the lower of two segments united; petals three, the middle one hood-shaped, the side ones ovate; stamens nine or ten; all but three short and without anthers; legume filled with pulp, and containing strong fibers; seeds three to six. Only one known species, Tamarind us indica; T. occidental is , or the West Indian tamarind, being now deemed only a variety. [TAMARIND.] tăm-ar-is-çin-e-æ, s. pl. [Lat. tamarisc (us); fem. pl. adj. suff. -ineœ.] Bot.: The same as TAMARICACEE (q. v.).