gular
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡjuːlə/
ipa: /ˈɡ(j)ulɚ/
rhymes: -uːlə(ɹ)
ipa: /ˈɡuːlɑː/
ipa: /ˈɡulɑɹ/
ipa: /ˈɡjuːlə/
ipa: /ˈɡ(j)ulɚ/
rhymes: -uːlə(ɹ)
Forms: form: gulars
form: goolar
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi गूलर (gūlar).
Senses: examples: text: Goolar, or Doomur. Ficus glomerata.
ref: 1836, “Appendix No. II. List of Specimens of Wood from India, &c. Presented to the Society by Capt. H. C. Baker, of the Bengal Artillery.”, in Transactions of the Society Instituted at London for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce: […], volume L, London: […] J. Moyes, […][for the Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce], →OCLC:
text: These [black-eared flying foxes (Pteropus melanotus, formerly edulis)] I have now in captivity (five in number) are fed on goolars, (Ficus glomerata), which they chew in the manner above mentioned, until they have extracted all the juice, when the remaining pulp is ejected out of the mouth.
ref: 1842 April, Lieut. Tickell, “Remarks on Pteropus Edulis, Geoffroy”, in John M‘Clelland, editor, The Calcutta Journal of Natural History: […], volume III, number IX, Calcutta, West Bengal: W. Risdale, Bishop’s College Press, →OCLC, page 34:
text: Conceive a large and beautiful sheet of calm, clear, and silvery water, [...] embanked with huge blocks of cut granite, embrowned by the shade of magnificent burgots, goolars, jâmuns, and peepuls, under which bright, small Hindoo temples, carefully white-washed, might be seen in their shade; [...]
ref: 1843, C[harles] J[ames] C. Davidson, Diary of Travels and Adventures in Upper India, […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 244–245:
text: I then sat down under a goolar tree, to wait for his appearance. The goolar is a species of fig, and the leaves are much relished by cattle and goats.
ref: 1878, “Maori” [pseudonym; James Inglis], chapter VI, in Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier: Or Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo Planter, London: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 58:
text: The gular (ficus glomerata), the bargad, which is another name for the banyan, and the pakar (ficus venosa) are all members of the fig tribe, the Levites of the forest. The gular yields a larger fruit than the banyan, and is a good deal used as a food. In the extremely hot weather of this year, the writer found that mysterious holes were being dug by night round the roots of a large gular tree in his compound. On inquiring into the cause, he found that the servants were incising the roots to obtain the juice which they said they drank to keep up their strength during the heat. [From The Statesman.]
ref: 1906 July, “Some Indian Trees”, in [Prithwis Chandra Ray], editor, The Indian World, volume IV, number 16, Calcutta, West Bengal: […] The Cherry Press, […], →OCLC, page 53:
text: [page 56] Goolar Ficus racemosa [...] Widely distributed especially near water, the goolar qualifies as a native Delhi tree. [...] [page 57] According to folk wisdom, there runs a hidden stream under every goolar tree. This is not unfounded – the goolar is a 'riparian' tree, growing naturally near streams or ponds in moist, clayey loams.
ref: 2006, Pradip Krishen, “Jamun-like Leaves”, in Trees of Delhi: A Field Guide, New Delhi: Dorling Kindersley (India), →ISBN, pages 56–57:
text: Carpet Sahib had picked up our trail, and the police would follow us all the way through the gular trees, to guess where we were headed.
ref: 2009 November, Sujit Saraf, The Confession of Sultana Daku, New Delhi: Hamish Hamilton, →ISBN, page 194:
text: Many of the trees of different species have special associations with particular deities. For example, the Lord Vishnu is associated with the ‘Pipal’ (Ficus religiosa), ‘Bargad’ (Ficus benghalensis), and ‘Gular’ (Ficus glomerata); [...] the Lord Dattatreya with ‘Gular’ (Ficus glomerata); [...]
ref: 2017, G. Singh, “Sacred Places, Trees and Groves: An Overview”, in Sacred Groves of Rajasthan: Threats and Management Strategies, Jodhpur, Rajasthan; New Delhi: […] [F]or Arid Forest Research Institute by Scientific Publishers (India), →ISBN, page 23:
glosses: Synonym of cluster fig (“Ficus racemosa, a species of plant in the family Moraceae; the edible fruit of this plant”).
synonyms: word: cluster fig
extra: Ficus racemosa, a species of plant in the family Moraceae; the edible fruit of this plant