2. Noun. (Australia) A padded blanket. ¹
3. Contraction. (Scotland) Do not. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Doona
1. duvet [n -S] - See also: duvet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Doona
Literary usage of Doona
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany (1816)
"The distance by the road from the summit of the mountain to the bottom of Doona-
baisi, could not, I judge, be less than six miles, as I was two hours and ..."
2. The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia: Commercial by Edward Balfour (1885)
"Doona ZEYLANICA. Tim: Doou-gass, SINGH. Grows in the central province of Ceylon,
up to 4000 feet. A large quantity of colourless gnm-rcsin exudes from the ..."
3. Systematic Anatomy of the Dicotyledons: A Handbook for Laboratories of Pure by Hans Solereder, Dukinfield Henry Scott (1908)
"Large crystal-idioblasts, the inner walls of which are mucilaginous or merely
thickened, are found in the mesophyll in certain species of Doona and ..."
4. A Catalogue of the Most Interesting Forest Trees, Ornamental Trees & Shrubs by Peradeniya, Ceylon Royal botanic gardens, D Morris (1879)
"Doona AFFINIS, Thw. Ceylon. A large tree, its home between ... Doona GARDNERI, Thw.
Ceylon. A beautiful species of Doon, growing to a large'size. ..."
5. A Review of Dipterocarps: Taxonomy, Ecology and Siviculture by Simmathiri Appanah, Jennifer M. Turnbull (1998)
"... of 11 sections in genus Shorea including the previous genera Doona and ...
1982); 3. proposition to re-install some ancient genera such as Doona Thw., ..."
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