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sissoo
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun sissoo has 1 sense
- sissoo(n = noun.plant) dalbergia sissoo, sisham, sissu - East Indian tree whose leaves are used for fodder; yields a compact dark brown durable timber used in shipbuilding and making railroad ties; Array is a member of dalbergia, genus dalbergia
is a kind of tree
CIDE DICTIONARY
sissoo, n. [Hind. sīs.].
A leguminous tree (Dalbergia Sissoo ) of the northern parts of India; also, the dark brown compact and durable timber obtained from it. It is used in shipbuilding and for gun carriages, railway ties, etc. [1913 Webster]
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