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noun extract of the heartwood of Acacia catechu used for dyeing and tanning and preserving fishnets and sails; formerly used medicinally
noun East Indian spiny tree having twice-pinnate leaves and yellow flowers followed by flat pods; source of black catechu
originProbably a corruption of the Malay kacu.
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