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catechus

catechus is the plural of catechu.

Meaning of catechu

Noun

catechu (countable and uncountable, plural catechus)

  1. 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

Questions about catechus

What is catechus the plural of?
Catechus is the plural of catechu.

Words near catechus in the dictionary

  1. catechumenism
  2. catechumenist
  3. catechumenists
  4. catechumens
  5. catechumenship
  6. catechus
  7. catechutannic acid
  8. Cateel
  9. categise
  10. categised
  11. categize

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