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chirayata

chirayata 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 chirayata

What is chirayata the alternative form of?
Chirayata is the alternative form of chiretta.

Words near chirayata in the dictionary

  1. chirapsia
  2. Chiraq
  3. chirashizushi
  4. chirata
  5. chiratin
  6. chirayata
  7. Chirbury
  8. Chirbury with Brompton
  9. chirche
  10. chirches
  11. Chirchik

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chirayata (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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