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‖ kuteera|kəˈtɪərə|
Also kutera, katira.
[Hindī katīrā (name of the gum).]
In Kuteera gum, a kind of gum obtained from an Indian shrub, Cochlospermum Gossypium (family Bixineæ); also a gum obtained from several species of Sterculia.
1838T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 676 Gum kuteera. This gum, according to Dr. Roxburgh, is the produce of the Sterculia urens, a tree which grows in Hindostan. 1886Guide Museums Kew No. i. 15 Specimens of Kuteera Gum of the Indian bazaars furnished by Cochlospermum Gossypium, dc., used in the North Western Provinces as a substitute for Tragacanth. |