Definition of Karite

1. an African tree [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Karite

karate chops
karateist
karateists
karateka
karatekas
karatelike
karates
karats
karaya gum
karbovanets
karearea
karela
karelas
karelianite
karibibite
karite (current term)
karites
kark
karked
karking
karks
karlite
karma
karmaless
karmas
karmic
karmically
karn
karnal blunt
karnay

Literary usage of Karite

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

1. Across Widest Africa: An Account of the Country and People of Eastern by Arnold Henry Savage Landor (1907)
"karite butter is already on the market in France under various names, ... The karite is a tree extremely common in the High Senegal and Niger, ..."

2. Raw Products of the World by Ralph Davol (1922)
"The karite tree is easily cultivated and in its production lies the possibility of a great ... karite trees flourish in Senegal but do not Where Found. pay ..."

3. Crude Rubber and Compounding Ingredients by Henry Clemens Pearson (1918)
"Also known as "karite gum." Analysis of the butter shows: ... Fendler and Heim consider karite gutta worthless as a substitute for gutta-percha. ..."

4. A Bengali Grammar: Also an Asamese Grammar. Being the First and Last Parts by George Frederick Nicholl (1885)
"... I am ill,'f &c ; karite para ' you can do,' karite ... hay ' (one) should go,' karite ..."

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