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    CATECHU

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    East Indian spiny tree having twice-pinnate leaves and yellow flowers followed by flat pods; source of black catechuplay

    Synonyms:

    Acacia catechu; catechu; Jerusalem thorn

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("catechu" is a kind of...):

    acacia (any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia)

    Meronyms (substance of "catechu"):

    black catechu; catechu (extract of the heartwood of Acacia catechu used for dyeing and tanning and preserving fishnets and sails; formerly used medicinally)

    Holonyms ("catechu" is a member of...):

    genus Acacia (large genus of shrubs and trees and some woody vines of Central and South America, Africa, Australia and Polynesia: wattle; mimosa)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Extract of the heartwood of Acacia catechu used for dyeing and tanning and preserving fishnets and sails; formerly used medicinallyplay

    Synonyms:

    black catechu; catechu

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("catechu" is a kind of...):

    extract; infusion (a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water))

    Holonyms ("catechu" is a substance of...):

    Acacia catechu; catechu; Jerusalem thorn (East Indian spiny tree having twice-pinnate leaves and yellow flowers followed by flat pods; source of black catechu)

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