| 单词 | catechu |
| 释义 | catechu /kat"i chooh', -kyooh'/, n. any of several astringent substances obtained from various tropical plants, esp. from the wood of two East Indian acacias, Acacia catechu and A. suma: used in medicine, dyeing, tanning, etc. Also called cashoo, cutch. [1670-80; < NL < Pg; perh. a conflation of Marathi kat catechu and kaccu, with same sense, alleged to be < Malayalam; cashoo, cutch perh. < Malay kacu < Malayalam, or a cognate Dravidian word] |
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