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‖ khair|kaɪə(r)|
Also kheir, kiar.
[Hindī khair, khayar, = Skr. khadirá.]
The Acacia Catechu of India, from which cutch is obtained.
1831E. J. Trelawny Adv. Younger Son II. 198 The kiar backstays, strong and elastic as they are, snapped like cast iron. 1835A. Burnes Trav. Bokhara (ed. 2) I. 112 Clumps of tamarisk, khair, lan,..and such other shrubs as are to be found in the Thurr. 1862Catal. Internat. Exhib. III. India 105 Kheir-gum. 1866Treas. Bot. 646/1 Khair-tree. |