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catechu

[ kat-i-choo, -kyoo ]

noun

  1. any of several astringent substances obtained from various tropical plants, especially from the wood of two East Indian acacias, Acacia catechu and A. suma: used in medicine, dyeing, tanning, etc.


catechu

/ 藞办忙迟瑟藢迟蕛耻藧 /

noun

  1. a water-soluble astringent resinous substance obtained from any of certain tropical plants, esp the leguminous tree Acacia catechu of S Asia, and used in medicine, tanning, and dyeing See also gambier
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of catechu1

1670鈥80; < New Latin < Portuguese; perhaps a conflation of Marathi 办腻迟 catechu and 办腻肠肠耻, with same sense, alleged to be < Malayalam; cashoo, cutch perhaps < Malay kacu < Malayalam, or a cognate Dravidian word
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of catechu1

C17: probably from Malay kachu, of Dravidian origin
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Some traders will add a dab of catechu, a brown dye from the acacia tree, on its shoulder feathers to make it resemble the less common, more expensive Alexandrine parakeet.

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The preparation of henna consists in reducing the leaves and young twigs to a fine powder, catechu or lucerne leaves 272 in a pulverized state being sometimes mixed with them.

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As soon as the ulcerations assume a healthy appearance, touch them with Turlington's balsam or tincture of gum catechu.

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Jungle products鈥攍ac, silk cocoons, catechu and resin, which are exported; wild animals鈥攂isons, buffaloes, tigers, leopards, hyenas, wolves, jackals, wild dogs and many sorts of deer.

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On wool, catechu yields khaki browns in single bath by using copper sulphate as the mordant.

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