資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Chiretta \Chi*ret"ta\, n. [Hind. chir[=a][=i]t[=a].]
   A plant ({Agathotes Chirayta}) found in Northern India,
   having medicinal properties to the gentian, and esteemed as a
   tonic and febrifuge.