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‖ sundri East Ind.|ˈsʌndrɪ|
Also sundari, soondry, -ee, -ie.
[Bengalī sundarī (f. sundar = Skr. sundara beautiful, handsome).]
A tree abundant in the Ganges delta, Heritiera minor, yielding a tough and durable timber. Also applied to H. littoralis, the looking-glass tree. Also sundra-, sunder-tree (Cent. Dict.).
1831Encycl. Brit. (ed. 7) IV. 241/1 The soondry, so much esteemed in Hindostan for the toughness and hardness of its wood. 1889J. H. Maiden Usef. Pl. Australia 555 Heritiera littoralis..‘Sundri’ of India. 1907Blackw. Mag. Aug. 252/1 The dying and stag-headed sundri puts out branches covered with fungi. |