Lexicographical Neighbors of Pituri
Literary usage of Pituri
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"pituri is obtained with difficulty from the blacks, who greatly prize it. ...
The dried pituri is pale brown, and emits an odor resembling that of tobacco. ..."
2. Natives of Australia by Northcote Whitridge Thomas (1906)
"pituri. IN few parts of Australia can the native count on anything like regular
supplies of food. He is dependent on the course of the seasons for his seeds ..."
3. The Journal of Physiology by Physiological Society (Great Britain). (1879)
"We find that pituri causes drowsiness, dilates the pupil, dries the mouth, ...
Even in the properties in which pituri resembles, it still differs from, ..."
4. Ethnological Studies Among the North-west-central Queensland Aborigines by Walter Edmund Roth, Robert Etheridge (1897)
"14L Pelicans. 142. How Birds are prepared for Eating. 143. Bandicoots, “ Porcupines,”
&c. 144. Opossums. 145. Kangaroos. 146 Dingoes. 147. pituri. 105. ..."
5. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia by Royal Society of South Australia (1903)
"pituri consists of the dried lea\es and twigs of Dubo*i<r ... Before use the
pituri is damped, mixed with the ashes of the leaves and twigs of certain ..."
6. A Bibliography of Australian Economic Botany by Joseph Henry Maiden (1892)
"The above papers contain an exhaustive account of pituri and allied plants,
together with the results of Dr. Bancroft's experiments on the value of ..."
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