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‖ shisham|ˈʃɪʃəm| Also shishim, sheeshum, sisham. [Hindī çīçam, cogn. w. Skr. çiṅçapā of the same meaning.] = sissoo.
1849Dry Leaves 96, I found it was shísham, a wood of the most valuable kind. 1890Kipling Soldiers Three 31 We three were comfortably settled under the big sisham [ed. 1889 shisham]. 1909Blackw. Mag. Sept. 307/1 The wide avenue of the jhil road, with its shade of noble shishams. 1910Ibid. Aug. 224/2 The ‘sheeshum’ (Dalbergia sissoo) affording excellent timber. |