kadam

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1. IndiaA tropical evergreen tree, Neolamarckia cadamba (syn. Anthocephalus indicus, Nauclea cadamba), native to South and Southeast Asia.

   Kinaram made the elephant sit under a large kadam tree.

   2011, Arupa Patangia Kalita, translated by Deepika Phukan, The Story of Felanee, translation of original in Assamese

   Synonyms: burflower-tree, common bur-flower tree, laran, Leichhardt pine

plural kadams

1. South AsiahistoricalA unit of distance, equal to 10 miles.

   It is at a perpendicular distance of 16 kadams from a point 69 kadams from the corner of the square.

   1899, Rules Under the Land Revenue and Tenancy Acts: 1887, page 264

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   Accordingly Mangamal had all the roads throughout the kingdom formed into avenues; and at the distance of every kadam (10 English miles) she had a choultry built

   1837, The Foreign Quarterly Review, volume 19, page 226

   Where ten kadams equal 55 feet revenue under the rule adopted in Jhelum and Ludhiana would be remissible in whole or in part on 133 acres per mile, the land on both sides of the road being taken into account.

   1895, The Punjab Record, volume 29, page 19