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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) The Egyptian sycamore (
Ficus Sycamorus ). Seesycamore .
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Examples
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I have got into great request here as a physician, entirely I apprehend owing to the people's faith in _vilayuti daroo_, or English medicine, especially calomel and cream of tartar, a combination of which has proved an universal panacea.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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Illegal alcohol - commonly called desi daroo or country-made liquor in India - usually costs as little as 10 rupees 20 US cents and the majority of the consumers are poor, daily-wage workers.
BBC News - Home 2011
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India where local police and inspectors regularly take bribes to turn a blind eye to the production and sale of illicit alcohol, also known as desi daroo.
The Guardian World News Jason Burke 2011
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The illegal alcohol - commonly called desi daroo or country-made liquor in India - is called cholai in West Bengal and it usually costs as little as 10 rupees 20 US cents and the majority of the consumers are poor, daily-wage workers.
BBC News - Home 2011
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