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a substance with sour taste.
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that which turns vegetable blues (i.e. litmus) red and combines with bases, certain materials etc. to form salts; acid.
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that which dissolves in water with the formation of hydrogen ions.
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the pod of the tropical tree, Tamarindus indica of Caesalpiniaceous family; tamarind.
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its tree.
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the tree Emblica officinalis of Euphorbiaceae family.
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its fruit; Emblic myrobalan.
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ಆಮ್ಲದ ಮಳೆ āmlada maḷe rain with a high concentration of acids produced by sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, etc. resulting from the combustion of fossil fuels, which has a destructive effect on plant and aquatic life, buildings, etc.; acid rain.