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cheretta

cheretta is the alternative form of chiretta.

Meaning of chiretta

Noun

chiretta (countable and uncountable, plural chirettas)

  1. A kind of felwort, Swertia chirata (syn. Agathotes chirayta), found in northern India, esteemed as a tonic and febrifuge.
  2. The leaves of this plant, used to make a tonic.

Questions about cheretta

What is cheretta the alternative form of?
Cheretta is the alternative form of chiretta.

Words near cheretta in the dictionary

  1. cherepanovite
  2. Cherepovets
  3. Cherethim
  4. Cherethite
  5. Cherethites
  6. cheretta
  7. chergui
  8. Cherhill
  9. Cheri
  10. Cherian
  11. Cherians

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cheretta (page history and authors); chiretta (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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