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catechu meaning in Sinhala

කයිප්පු kayippu

UK/ˈkæt.ɪt͡ʃ.uː/US/ˈkæt.əˌt͡ʃuː/

catechu in Sinhala: කයිප්පු (kayippu). In English, 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.

Sinhala words for catechu

catechu
කයිප්පු kayippu

English meaning of catechu

  1. 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.

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Questions about catechu in Sinhala

What is the meaning of catechu in Sinhala?
Catechu in Sinhala is කයිප්පු (kayippu).
catechu යන්නෙහි සිංහල තේරුම කුමක්ද?
Catechu: කයිප්පු (kayippu).
What does catechu mean in English?
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.

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Sinhala words from Wiktionary's Sinhala entries whose English meaning is “catechu”: කයිප්පු. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: catechu (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Sinhala words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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