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TAMARIND . This name is popularly applied to the pods of a leguminous See also:

TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

tree, which are hard externally, but within filled with an See also:

ACID (from the Lat. root ac-, sharp; acere, to be sour)

acid juicy pulp containing See also:

SUGAR

sugar and various acids, such as citric and tartaric, in See also:

COMBINATION (Lat. combinare, to combine)

combination with potash. The acid pulp is used as a laxative and a refrigerant, the pods being largely imported both from the See also:

East and the See also:

West Indies. The tree is now widely distributed in tropical countries, but it is generally considered that its native See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country is in eastern tropical See also:

Africa, from See also:

ABYSSINIA (officially ETHIOPIA)

Abyssinia southward to the See also:

ZAMBEZI

Zambezi. The name (meaning in Arabic " See also:

INDIAN

Indian date ") shows that it entered See also:

MEDIEVAL

medieval See also:

commerce from See also:

India, where it is used, not only for its pulp, but for its seeds, which are astringent, its leaves, which furnish a yellow or a red dye, and its See also:

TIMBER

timber. The tree (Tamarindus indica) attains a height of 7o to 8o ft., and bears elegant pinnate foliage and purplish or See also:

orange veined See also:

FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers arranged in terminal racemes. The See also:

flower-See also:

TUBE (Lat. tuba)

tube bears at its See also:

SUMMIT

summit four sepals, but only three petals and three perfect stamens, with indications of six others. The stamens, with the stalked ovary, are curved away from the petals at their See also:

BASE

base, but are directed towards them at their apices. The anthers and the stigmas are thus brought into such a position as to obstruct the passage of an See also:

INSECT

insect attracted by the brilliantly-coloured petal, the inference of course being that insect visits are necessary for transference of See also:

POLLEN, AUGUST (or, as he afterwards called himself, ADOLF) LUDWIG (1794-1855)

pollen and the fertilization of the flower.

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