Also kheir, kiar. [Hindī khair, khayar, Skr. khadirá.] The Acacia Catechu of India, from which cutch is obtained.
1831. Capt. Trelawny, Adv. Younger Son, II. 198. The kiar backstays, strong and elastic as they are, snapped like cast iron.
1835. Burnes, Trav. Bokhara (ed. 2), I. 112. Clumps of tamarisk, khair, lan,… and such other shrubs as are to be found in the Thurr.
1862. Catal. Internat. Exhib., III. India 105. Kheir-gum.
1866. Treas. Bot., 646/1. Khair-tree.
