Home › Words › C › chirettachirettachiretta · noun — A kind of felwort, Swertia chirata (syn. Agathotes chirayta), found in northern India, esteemed as a tonic and febrifuge.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyBorrowed from Hindi चिरैता (ciraitā), from Sanskrit किराततिक्त (kirātatikta).nounA kind of felwort, Swertia chirata (syn. Agathotes chirayta), found in northern India, esteemed as a tonic and febrifuge.The leaves of this plant, used to make a tonic.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.chiratin 72% match — An organic compound found in chiretta. vs chiretta →chiraito 71% match — Any of various Himalayan felworts. vs chiretta →swertiamarin 57% match — A particular organic compound found in plants of the genus Swertia. vs chiretta →kutki 57% match — Picrorhiza kurroa, a medicinal herb of the Himalayas. vs chiretta →amarogentin 56% match — A bitter secoiridoid glycoside found in gentian (Gentiana lutea) and in chiretta (Swertia chirata). vs chiretta →mamira 55% match — A traditional herbal medicine for eye disease etc., derived from the plant Coptis teeta or from Thalictrum foliosum. vs chiretta →chiragric 55% match — Exhibiting or relating to chiragra. vs chiretta →kurchi 55% match — The tree Holarrhena pubescens. vs chiretta →