Definition of Pachak

1. n. The fragrant roots of the Saussurea Costus, exported from India to China, and used for burning as incense. It is supposed to be the costus of the ancients.

Definition of Pachak

1. putchock [n -S] - See also: putchock

Medical Definition of Pachak

1. The fragrant roots of the Saussurea Costus, exported from India to China, and used for burning as incense. It is supposed to be the costus of the ancients. Alternative forms: putchuck. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pachak

pacemaking
pacemakings
paceman
pacemen
pacer
pacers
paces
pacesetter
pacesetters
pacesetting
paceth
pacey
pacha
pachadom
pachadoms
pachak (current term)
pachaks
pachalic
pachalics
pachamanca
pachamancas
pachas
pachinko
pachinkos
pachisi
pachisis
pachnolite
pachometer
pachonta
pachouli

Literary usage of Pachak

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Hand-book of the Economic Products of the Punjab: With a Combined Index and by Baden Henry Baden-Powell (1868)
"pachak root is brought from Lahore, where it is called 'knt. ... HOYLE leads one to infer that "kut" and " pachak " are identical with ..."

2. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1879)
"... Arab.; Kosht, Kost, Pers.; pachak, Kut, Dukh.; ... of the trade-lists and returns, and the pachak of Bengal. ..."

3. Odorographia: A Natural History of Raw Materials and Drugs Used in the by John Charles Sawer (1892)
"No mandarin will give an audience until the ' pachak ' incense smokes before him; ... and the smoke of the ' pachak' * Journ. Agri-Hort. Soc. ..."

4. A Dictionary, Hindustani & English: Accompanied by a Reversed Dictionary by Duncan Forbes (1866)
"A. pachak, digestive, tonic; m. a cook; the bile which assists in digestion ; a digestive, a stomachic, a solvent, t. ..."

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