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Bito tree   Listen
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Bito tree, Bito  n.  (Bot.) A small scrubby tree (Balanites AEgyptiaca) growing in dry regions of tropical Africa and Asia. Note: The hard yellowish white wood is made into plows in Abyssinia; the bark is used in Farther India to stupefy fish; the ripe fruit is edible, when green it is an anthelmintic; the fermented juice is used as a beverage; the seeds yield a medicinal oil called zachun. The African name of the tree is hajilij.






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"Bito tree" Quotes from Famous Books



... su magd en ella ningunos yndios, terna esta ysla como ochenta leguas de box y de Ancho quince o diez y seys, las Poblacones y Rios principales son los siguintes Vaybay, yodmuc, leyte, cauigava, barugo, maraguincay palos, abuyo, dulaque y longos, bito, cabalian, calamocan, Tugud no ay en esta ysla minas ni lauaderos ni se coje otra Ropa sino de medrinaque que como tengo dicho es como bocaci qe se hace de vnos ...
— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803, Volume V., 1582-1583 • Various

... of water.] Conduit — N. conduit, channel, duct, watercourse, race; head race, tail race; abito^, aboideau^, aboiteau [Fr.], bito^; acequia^, acequiador^, acequiamadre^; arroyo; adit^, aqueduct, canal, trough, gutter, pantile; flume, ingate^, runner; lock-weir, tedge^; vena^; dike, main, gully, moat, ditch, drain, sewer, culvert, cloaca, sough, kennel, siphon; piscina^; pipe &c (tube) 260; funnel; tunnel ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget



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