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Definition of Grewia asiatica
1. Noun. Drought-resistant Asiatic treelike shrub bearing pleasantly acid small red edible fruits commonly used in sherbets.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grewia Asiatica
Literary usage of Grewia asiatica
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1871)
"Grewia asiatica and G. tilia;folia both yield a useful bast. Wood,white colour
and adapted for every purpose of house building. ..."
2. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1838)
"The pleasant-tasted subacid fruit of several species is eaten by the natives of
India, but principally used for making sherbet. Grewia asiatica, or ..."
3. Materia medica of India and their therapeutics by Rustomjee Naserwanjee Khory, Nanabhai Navrosji Katrak, . (1903)
"Actions and uses.—Demulcent, given in dysentery. Grewia asiatica. Habitat.
—Ceylon, Burma. Parts used.—Fruit and bark. Vernacular.—Beng.—Shukri. Cing. ..."
4. The Imperial Gazetteer of India. by William Wilson Hunter, Great Britain India Office (1908)
"... Polyalthia longifolia, Anona squamosa, Thes- pesia - populnea, Grewia asiatica,
Aegle Marmelos, Zizyphus Jujuba, Mangifera indica, Spondias mangifera, ..."
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