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Tamarind(recipes)
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tamarind(medicine)
tamarind(encyclopedia)
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Papaya in Tamarind Syrup(recipes)
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urticaria(dictionary)

urticaria acuta (medicine) and tamarind (iou)


urticaria acuta (medicine)


urticaria acuta -->
febrile urticaria
Urticaria accompanied by slight constitutional symptoms.

Synonym: acute urticaria, urticaria acuta, urticaria febrilis.


tamarind (iou)



tamarind noun. LME.
[medieval Latin tamarindus from Arab. tamr hindi Indian date. Cf. Old French tamarinde (mod. tamarin).]
The fruit of the tree Tamarindus indica (see sense 2 below), a brown pod containing one to twelve seeds embedded in a soft brown sticky acid pulp, valued for its laxative qualities and also used to make chutney, cooling Drinks, etc.; in pl., the pulp of this fruit. LME.
The leguminous tree bearing this fruit, Tamarindus indica, with pinnate leaves and fragrant yellow red-streaked flowers, widely grown as a shade tree in tropical countries. Also tamarind tree. E17.
Chiefly with specifying word: any of various trees which resemble the tamarind in some respect. M19.
Manila tamarind (the edible fruit of) a leguminous tree of Central America, Pithecellobium dulce. native tamarind Austral. the tree Diploglottis australis (family Sapindaceae); the fruit of this tree, blood-red inside with black seeds. velvet tamarind (the edible fruit of) a small leguminous tree of tropical W. Africa, Dialium guineense.
Comb.: tamarind water a cooling drink made from infused tamarinds.