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pitjuri

pitjuri is the alternative form of pituri.

Meaning of pituri

Noun

pituri (uncountable)

  1. The prepared leaves of an Australian shrub, Duboisia hopwoodii, chewed as a stimulant by Aboriginal Australians; also the shrub itself.
    • The Australians, although unacquainted with true spirituous liquors, knew how to obtain a similar effect by chewing the twigs of the pituri bush.1931, Julius Lippert, translated by George Peter Murdock, The Evolution of Culture, London: George Allen and Unwin, page 194

Questions about pitjuri

What is pitjuri the alternative form of?
Pitjuri is the alternative form of pituri.

Words near pitjuri in the dictionary

  1. pitisome
  2. Pitjantjara
  3. Pitjantjatjara
  4. pitji
  5. pitjis
  6. pitjuri
  7. Pitkanen
  8. Pitkanens
  9. Pitkern
  10. Pitkin
  11. Pitkin County

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