Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Sissoo

Sissoo , noun

[Hind. sīs{not transcribed}.]

(Botany) A leguminous tree (Dalbergia Sissoo) of the northern parts of India; also, the dark brown compact and durable timber obtained from it. It is used in shipbuilding and for gun carriages, railway ties, etc.