Definition of Grewia asiatica

1. Noun. Drought-resistant Asiatic treelike shrub bearing pleasantly acid small red edible fruits commonly used in sherbets.

Exact synonyms: Phalsa
Group relationships: Genus Grewia, Grewia
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub

Lexicographical Neighbors of Grewia Asiatica

Gresham
Gresham's Law
Greta
Greta Garbo
Greta Louisa Gustafsson
Gretchen
Gretel
Gretzky
Grevena
Greville bath
Grevillea banksii
Grevillea robusta
Grevillea striata
Grevillela parallela
Grewia
Grewia asiatica
Grey
Grey-winged Trumpeter
Grey Turner's sign
Grez
Grias
Grias cauliflora
Gricean
Gridley's stain
Grieg
Griesinger's disease
Griesinger's sign
Griesinger's symptom
Griffin
Griffith

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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