catechu
English
Etymology
Probably a corruption of the Malay kacu.
Noun
catechu (countable and uncountable, plural catechus)
- A gummy extract of any of several species of Acacieae, produced by boiling the wood of the tree in water and evaporating the resulting liquid.
- 1837, Jonathan Pereira, “Lectures on Materia Medica: Lecture LXI”, in London Medical Gazette, volume XX, page 107:
- The pale catechus are usually sweeter and more pleasant for chewing.
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Synonyms
- (extract of acacia): cachou, cutch, cashoo, Japanese earth
Translations
a gummy extract of any of several species of Acacieae
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