Lexic.us

Definition of Quira

1. Noun. Hard heavy red wood of a quira tree.

2. Noun. Any of several tropical American trees some yielding economically important timber.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Quira

quippers quippery quippier quippiest quipping quippingly quippish quippu quippus quippy

quips quipster quipsters quipu quipus quira (current term) quirboilly quire quired quires

quiring quirister quiristers quiritation quirites quirk quirk bead quirk molding quirk moulding quirked

Literary usage of Quira

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

1. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1851)
"1673), quira ... The quira, remarkable for its black and brown streaks, is the Itaka of commerce. ..."

2. United States Supreme Court Reports by United States Supreme Court, Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, LEXIS Law Publishing (1901)
"worth'* heirs to the land, filed in their name the declaratory statement, which the law re- quira for preemption, on the 8th day of April, jut twenty days ..."

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