tarr

Noun (1)

tara (plural taras)

1. (New Zealand, rare) The tern.
   • These are Hine-karoro (origin and personification of the karoro, or black-billed gull), the next born being Hine-tara (the tara, or tern); the next is Hine-tore. The last born of that lot was Punga, the origin of[…]1909, Royal Society of New Zealand, Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, page 273

Noun (2)

tara (plural taras)

1. (India) A small silver coin current in South India at the time of the arrival of the Portuguese.
   • The only silver coin of this empire reported so far is a Tara of the time of Pratāpa devaraya.1979, The Journal of the Numismatic Society of India, volume 41, page 70

Noun (3)

tara (plural taras)

1. A plant native to Peru, the spiny holdback, Tara spinosa
   • The pods of the tara plant are used to make tara gum and tara flour. The latter has been found to be an unapproved food additive.2024 October 3, Sandee LaMotte, “‘I’ve never experienced pain like that’: Consumers pay the price for untested food ingredients”, in CNN

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