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Definition of Sisham

1. Noun. East Indian tree whose leaves are used for fodder; yields a compact dark brown durable timber used in shipbuilding and making railroad ties.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sisham

Literary usage of Sisham

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

1. A Comparative Grammar of the Sanskrit, Zend, Greek, Latin, Lithuanian by Franz Bopp (1862)
"... but deserves notice on this account, that it makes the verb substantive so broad that it cannot be overlooked ; for in forms like ayd-sisham, " I went," ..."

2. A Comparative Grammar of the Sanscrit, Zend, Greek, Latin, Lithuanian by Franz Bopp, Edward Backhouse Eastwick, Horace Hayman Wilson (1845)
"... but deserves notice on this account, that it makes the verb substantive so broad that it cannot be overlooked; for in forms like ayd-sisham, " I went," ..."

3. A Comparative Grammar of the Sanscrit, Zend, Greek, Latin, Lithuanian by Franz Bopp, Edward Backhouse Eastwick, Horace Hayman Wilson (1845)
"... but deserves notice on this account, that it makes the verb substantive so broad that it cannot be overlooked: for in forms like ayd-sisham, ..."

4. A Comparative Grammar of the Sanskrit, Zend, Greek, Latin, Lithuanian by Franz Bopp, Edward Backhouse Eastwick (1856)
"... but deserves notice on this account, that it makes the verb substantive so broad that it cannot be overlooked ; for in forms like ayd-sisham, " I went," ..."

5. The Indian Forester (1876)
"... pipal, gular, and sisham trees. These are rapid-growing trees, and favorites with the natives. V.—Entertain a mali for 18 months from date of sowing ..."

6. The Indian Forester; a Quarterly Magazine of Forestry (1876)
"To water the burgat, sisham, pipal, and gular plants only. VI.—The babul fence should be thinned the third year, thinned again the 4th and 5th years, ..."

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