Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various large deer of the genus Cervus, especially C. unicolor of southern Asia, having a dark brown coat and, in the male, large antlers usually with three points.
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- noun A southeast Asian
deer . - noun A food preparation common in southern
India and Sri Lanka, made of lentils (usually red gram, also called toordal ) and vegetables in a spicytamarind and lentil flour soup base.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a deer of southern Asia with antlers that have three tines
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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It sounds like this is a go-to spice powder for Kannada cooks - with potential uses in sambar, dry vegetable curries, gravies, and those delicious rice dishes such as vangi bhaat and bisi bele huli anna.
Archive 2008-02-01 Nupur 2008
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I was right about the batata vada surprising all of us ... in sambar?!
Vada Sambar not Medu Anjali 2008
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While mixed vegetable sambar is an all-time favorite in our home, I have recently started to make single-veggie sambars which always turn out so delicious.
Archive 2007-07-01 Nupur 2007
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I would make an easy sambar instead, because I absolutely love the presence of juicy chunks of vegetables in sambar.
Archive 2007-07-01 Nupur 2007
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The only time my mother cooked potatoes was in sambar.
Potato thoran- potato with shredded coconut. « Salt and Pepper. 2006
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The only time my mother cooked potatoes was in sambar.
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The only time my mother cooked potatoes was in sambar.
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Prey species such as sambar deer, wild hogs and macaques may overpopulate their habitats, a big change in Taiwan where only recently these species faced threats of extinction.
Archive 2009-05-01 Michael Turton 2009
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Prey species such as sambar deer, wild hogs and macaques may overpopulate their habitats, a big change in Taiwan where only recently these species faced threats of extinction.
Cloud Leopards to Rise Again? Michael Turton 2009
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Deep species such as sambar (Cervus unicolor), hog deer (C. porcinus), and wild boar (Sus scrofa) appeared to be numerous.
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