Divi-divin.
/ˈdɪvɪˈdɪvi/ (a) The commercial name of the curled pods of Cæsalpinia coriaria, a tree found in tropical America and the West Indies; they were introduced to Europe from Caracas in 1768, and are highly astringent, and much used in tanning. Also the tree itself. (b) The similar pods of C. tinctoria used in Lima for making ink ( Cent. Dict.).
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1763 N. J. Jacquin Selectarum Stirpium Americanarum Historia 124 Legumina..ab Hispanis et barbaris..nuncupata Libi dibi.
1832 G. Don Gen. Syst. Gardening & Bot. II. 432/1 Libidibi is the name of the legume at Curaçao.]
1843 Pharm. Jrnl. & Trans. 2 600 Divi-divi,imported from Carthage, is the pod of a leguminous shrub.
1853 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 550 In the Dividivi or Libidibi pods..we have one of the most astringent of known substances.
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