CATECHU

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does catechu mean? 

• CATECHU (noun)
  The noun CATECHU has 2 senses:

1. extract of the heartwood of Acacia catechu used for dyeing and tanning and preserving fishnets and sails; formerly used medicinally

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

  Familiarity information: CATECHU used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CATECHU (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

black catechu; catechu

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Acacia catechu; catechu; Jerusalem thorn

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)