Associations to the word «Sissoo»

Wiktionary

SISSOO, noun. A leguminous tree (Dalbergia sissoo) of northern India.
SISSOO, noun. The dark brown compact and durable timber obtained from this tree.

Dictionary definition

SISSOO, noun. East Indian tree whose leaves are used for fodder; yields a compact dark brown durable timber used in shipbuilding and making railroad ties.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope