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divi-divi

divi-divi noun: caesalpinia coriaria, a leguminous tree of the southern Western Hemisphere.

divi-divi: caesalpinia coriaria, a leguminous tree of the southern Western Hemisphere
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Noun (1)

divi-divi

  1. Caesalpinia coriaria, a leguminous tree of the southern Western Hemisphere.
  2. The seedpods of Caesalpinia coriaria, formerly used in tanning.
    • Prior to the war divi-divi was exported to Hamburg almost exclusively; in the past few years, however, it has found a ready market in New York.1919, “Abstracts”, in Journal of the American Leather Chemists Association, volume 14, page 583

Noun (2) capitalized: Divi-divi

Divi-divi

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of divi-divi.

Forms of divi-divi

alternative formdividivi
alternative formDivi-divi

Origin of divi-divi

From Spanish, from a Cariban language.

Questions about divi-divi

What does divi-divi mean?
Divi-divi means caesalpinia coriaria, a leguminous tree of the southern Western Hemisphere.
What part of speech is divi-divi?
Divi-divi is a noun.

Words near divi-divi in the dictionary

  1. diveth
  2. divets
  3. divewear
  4. divey
  5. divi
  6. divi-divi
  7. divicine
  8. dividability
  9. dividable
  10. dividant
  11. divide

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