tamarind tree
- n 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
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- Sundance Review: How 'Last Days In Vietnam' Exposes a Troubling Episode In American History
In the middle of the U.S. Embassy compound in Saigon, there was an enormous tamarind tree growing out of a patch of grass in the parking lot. Graham Martin, the ambassador to South Vietnam in the mid-1970s, described the magnificent tree as being “as steadfast as the American commitment to Vietnam.” In April of 1975, as the North Vietnamese army closed in on the struggling city from all sides ...
Jan. 18, 2014 - indieWIRE