dhak

British  

/ dɑːk, dɔːk /

noun

1. a tropical Asian leguminous tree, Butea frondosa, that has bright red flowers and yields a red resin, used as an astringent

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Etymology

Origin of dhak

C19: from Hindi

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Example Sentences

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dhak

Butea frondosa, or the dhak tree of the East Indies, furnishes a similar product, in the shape of a milky, colored, brittle, and very astringent gum.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by P. L. Simmonds

When he comes back wait for me in the ravine by the dhak tree in the center of the plain.

From The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling

Later the date-palm fraternised with the dhak, and low hills stood on either side of the line.

From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Rudyard Kipling

What with the sonorous sound of dhak and dhole, sannai, conch and gong, the effect cannot fail to be impressive to a devout Hindoo mind.

From The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal by Shib Chunder Bose

The coral, the silk-cotton and the dhak are resplendent with red foliage.

From A Bird Calendar for Northern India by Douglas Dewar

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