noun

• (botany) A tropical tree, Tamarindus indica.
• (cooking) The fruit of this tree; the pulp is used as spice in Asian cooking and in Worcestershire sauce.
• Other similar species:
• Diploglottis australis, native tamarind, a rainforest tree of Eastern Australia.
• Garcinia gummi-gutta, Malabar tamarind, native to Indonesia.
• A velvet tamarind (Dialium spp.).
• (color) A dark brown colour, like that of tamarind pulp (also called tamarind brown).