catechu
UK/ˈkæt.ɪt͡ʃ.uː/US/ˈkæt.əˌt͡ʃuː/
catechu 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.
Noun
catechu (countable and uncountable, plural catechus)
- 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.
- The pale catechus are usually sweeter and more pleasant for chewing.1837, Jonathan Pereira, “Lectures on Materia Medica: Lecture LXI”, in London Medical Gazette, volume XX, page 107
- Synonyms:
- Japanese earth
catechu meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Kannada
catechu in Hindi
- a gummy extract of any of several species of Acacieae
- खैर khair, कत्था katthā
catechu in Urdu
- کتھا
catechu in Bengali
- খয়ের, এলাচি
catechu in Kannada
- ಕಾಚು
More languagesFewer languages
- catechu in Punjabi
- ਖੈਰ khair
- catechu in Gujarati
- કાથો kātho
- catechu in Sinhala
- කයිප්පු kayippu
- catechu in Assamese
- খৈৰ khoir
- catechu in Tagalog
- kateku
Synonyms of catechu
Forms of catechu
| plural | catechus |
|---|---|
| alternative form | cacho |
| alternative form | cachou |
| alternative form | cashoo |
| alternative form | catchoo |
| alternative form | cutch |
| alternative form | catechew |
Origin of catechu
Probably a corruption of the Malay kacu.
Words formed from catechu
Questions about catechu
- What does catechu mean?
- Catechu means 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.
- What is catechu in Hindi?
- Catechu in Hindi is खैर (khair), कत्था (katthā). See Catechu meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is catechu?
- Catechu is a noun.
- How do you pronounce catechu?
- Catechu is pronounced /ˈkæt.ɪt͡ʃ.uː/ (UK).
- What is the plural of catechu?
- The plural of catechu is catechus.
Words near catechu in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: catechu (page history and authors); catechu (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); catechu (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); catechu (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਖੈਰ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); કાથો (Gujarati) (page history and authors); කයිප්පු (Sinhala) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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