yerbua

Same as jerboa. yercum (yer'kum), n. [E. Ind. (Madras): Tamil erukku, errukam.] 1. An East Indian shrub or small tree, Calo trop is gigantea. The fiber of its inner bark is extremely tough and durable, and is made into bow-strings, fish-lines, and nets. The name belongs also to C. procera, which, in common with this species, has a medicinal root-bark. Also called madar. 2. The fiber obtained from this plant. yercum-fiber (yer' kum-fi" bėr), n. Same as yercum, 2. yerdt, yerdet, n. Middle English forms of yardı , yard2. yerelt, n. An old spelling of year . yere2 (yer), adv . A dialectal variant of here. [Southern U. S.]