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catechu

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CIDE DICTIONARY

catechun. [See Cashoo.].
     A dry, brown, astringent extract, obtained by decoction and evaporation from the Acacia catechu, and several other plants growing in India. It contains a large portion of tannin or tannic acid, and is used in medicine and in the arts. It is also known by the names terra japonica, cutch, gambier, etc.  Ure. Dunglison.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

catechu, n. (also cachou) gambier or similar vegetable extract, containing tannin.

Etymology
mod.L f. Malay kachu

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