Tamarind is a tropical fruit-bearing tree, and the pulp it produces is used as a sour, tangy flavoring in foods and sauces. As a noun, it refers to the pod’s edible sour pulp and to the tree itself, native to Africa but widely cultivated in Asia and the Americas. The term also names the flavor profile associated with the puckery, brown pulp from the tamarind pods.
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