dhamann.
/ˈdɑːmən/, U.S. /ˈdɑmən/ India.
1. The rat-snake, Ptyas mucosus.
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the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Colubridae > member of genus Pytas (dhaman)
rat snake1818
dhaman1878
1878 P. Robinson In my Indian Garden 92 A pair of gorgeous dhaman snakes.
1927 Chambers's Jrnl. 2 July 495/1 The local natives all think that the dhaman or ‘rat snake’, is the female of the cobra.
1960 Times 26 Aug. 12/7 That's our resident dhamin—rat-snake.
2.
a. The grass Cenchrus ciliaris, used for fattening cattle.
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1887 C. A. Moloney Sketch Forestry W. Afr. 448 Dhaman of Punjab.
1889 W. Coldstream Illustr. Grasses S. Punjāb Pl. xi, no. 11, (caption) Dhaman is..equivalent to the English clover.
b. The dhamnoo, Grewia tiliæfolia, and other trees of the same genus.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > Asian
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1923 R. Zon & W. N. Sparhawk Forest Resources of World I. iii. 432 The Grewias, known indiscriminately as ‘dhamin’ (Grewia asiatica, G. tiliaefolia, G. vestita). Wood tough and elastic.
1932 R. S. Pearson & H. P. Brown Commercial Timbers of India I. 175 Dhaman timber as a beam is about 10 per cent. stronger than teak.
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