Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An East Indian tree, Butea frondosa; also,
B. superba , which differs chiefly in its climbing habit. Alsopalas , and pulas-tree. SeeButea and kino.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) The East Indian leguminous tree
Butea frondosa . See Gum Butea, undergum .
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Examples
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The kaluwi is a species of urtica or nettle of which excellent twine called pulas is made.
The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants William Marsden 1795
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Kuali hanya boleh di'pulas 'telinga. nobisha: itulah, kalau nak kritik pun, biarlah patut padan. kalau dah terlajak cakap, susah nak tarik balik.
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Kuali hanya boleh di'pulas 'telinga. nobisha: itulah, kalau nak kritik pun, biarlah patut padan. kalau dah terlajak cakap, susah nak tarik balik.
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Kuali hanya boleh di'pulas 'telinga. nobisha: itulah, kalau nak kritik pun, biarlah patut padan. kalau dah terlajak cakap, susah nak tarik balik.
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Kuali hanya boleh di'pulas 'telinga. nobisha: itulah, kalau nak kritik pun, biarlah patut padan. kalau dah terlajak cakap, susah nak tarik balik.
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Kuali hanya boleh di'pulas 'telinga. nobisha: itulah, kalau nak kritik pun, biarlah patut padan. kalau dah terlajak cakap, susah nak tarik balik.
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Botswana is the world's largest producer of diamonds by value and by volume, yielding 34.3 million carats of the gemstones from its four open-cast mines in 2006 - worth some 17.4 billion pulas (2.6 billion dollars, 1.6 billion euros).
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Botswana is the world's largest producer of diamonds by value and by volume, yielding 34.3 million carats of the gemstones from its four open-cast mines in 2006 - worth some 17.4 billion pulas (2.6 billion dollars, 1.6 billion euros).
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OP-CENTER ronga gave the driver twenty-five pulas above the amount on the meter.
Mission Of Honor Clancy, Tom 2002
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The fare-was seventy pulas, the equivalent of twenty'Seven American dollars.
Mission Of Honor Clancy, Tom 2002
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