Definition of Indian beech

1. Noun. Evergreen Asiatic tree having glossy pinnate leaves and racemose creamy-white scented flowers; used as a shade tree.

Exact synonyms: Pongamia Glabra
Group relationships: Genus Pongamia, Pongamia
Generic synonyms: Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Indian Beech

India rubber
Indiaman
Indiamen
Indian
Indian English
Indian Game
Indian Mutiny
Indian Ocean
Indian Peacock
Indian Peacocks
Indian agent
Indian apple
Indian arrowroot
Indian banyan
Indian bean
Indian beech (current term)
Indian beet
Indian blackwood
Indian blanket
Indian breadroot
Indian buffalo
Indian burn
Indian burns
Indian capital
Indian carp
Indian chickweed
Indian chief
Indian chieftain
Indian chocolate

Literary usage of Indian beech

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

1. Ad Orientem by Aug Daniel Frederickson (1889)
"... becomes a valuable manure for the coffee gardens, also used as food given to milch cows, viz. :— The Indian beech (Pongamia ..."

2. Mysore: A Gazetteer Compiled for Government by Benjamin Lewis Rice (1897)
"Indian beech ... ... Honge Wood tough and light, weighing about 40 Ibs. per cubic foot, white when cut but turning yellow on exposure, coarse-grained, ..."

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