tamarind

Other forms of tamarind

plural

tamarinds·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about tamarind

What does tamarind mean?

tamarind means "long-lived tropical evergreen tree with a spreading crown and feathery evergreen foliage and fragrant flowers yielding hard yellowish wood and long pods with edible chocolate-colored acidic pulp". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tamarind?

tamarind has 3 syllables: ta-ma-rind. The stress falls on "ta".

What is another word for tamarind?

Close synonyms include tamarind tree, tamarindo, Tamarindus indica, tamarindo. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tamarind a common word?

tamarind is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.