catechu

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A gummy extract of any of several species of Acacieae, but especially Senegalia catechu, produced by boiling the wood of the tree in water and evaporating the resulting liquid.

/ˈkæt.ɪt͡ʃ.uː/ /ˈkæt.əˌt͡ʃuː/ /ˈkæt.əˌʃuː/

catechu catechus cachou cashoo catchoo cutch

Probably a corruption of the Malay kacu.

Japanese earth

catechol catechuic

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