dhaman India.
(ˈdɑːmən)
Also dhamin.
[Hindī (Skr. dharmaṇa).]
1. The rat-snake, Ptyas mucosus.
| 1878 P. Robinson In my Indian Garden 92 A pair of gorgeous dhaman snakes. 1927 Chambers's Jrnl. 2 July 495/1 The local natives all think that the dhaman or ‘rat snake’, is the female of the cobra. 1960 Times 26 Aug. 12/7 That's our resident dhamin—rat-snake. |
2. The grass Cenchrus ciliaris, used for fattening cattle. b. The dhamnoo, Grewia tiliæfolia, and other trees of the same genus.
| 1887 C. A. Moloney Forestry W. Afr. 248 Dhaman of Punjab. 1889 W. Coldstream Illustr. Grasses S. Punjāb Pl. xi, no. 11, (caption), Dhaman is..equivalent to the English clover. 1923 Zon & Sparhawk Forest Resources of World I. iii. 432 The Grewias, known indiscriminately as ‘dhamin’ (Grewia asiatica, G. tiliaefolia, G. vestita). Wood tough and elastic. 1932 Pearson & Brown Commercial Timbers of India I. 175 Dhaman timber as a beam is about 10 per cent. stronger than teak. |