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catechu   (TTS Sound)

The noun catechu has 2 senses

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


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