dita

British  

/ ˈdiːtə /

noun

1. an apocynaceous shrub, Alstonia scholaris, of tropical Africa and Asia, having large shiny whorled leaves and medicinal bark

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Etymology

Origin of dita

C19: from Tagalog

Example Sentences

Page 273, footnote—della dita amended to delle dita—"... degli narici, della bocca, delle dita corrispondono a’ primi moti d’ogni passione; ..."

From The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries by Menzies, Sutherland, fl. 1840-1883

De dita tela se ne posto a fodrare due cape de raxo pavonazo per Don Rodrigo e Don Joane—braza 12.

From Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day by Gregorovius, Ferdinand

Come parca in fra le dita Essa tenne il mio destino, Fu la sfinge di mia vita Col sorriso suo divino.

From Love Letters of a Violinist and Other Poems by Mackay, Eric

Now Aditi means infinitude, from dita, bound, and a, not, that is, not bound, not limited, absolute, infinite.

From India: What can it teach us? A Course of Lectures Delivered before the University Of Cambridge by Wilder, Alexander

Ypacapetco toy colisipeo dita bocotmo maimbagan ta nasaquitmo.

From A Little Book of Filipino Riddles by Starr, Frederick