Meaning

noun perennial subshrub of eastern North America having downy leaves yellowish and rose flowers and; source of rotenone

noun a strong cord made from the intestines of sheep and used in surgery

originPossibly an abbreviation of the word cattlegut. Alternatively, it may derive by folk etymology from kitgut or kitstring — the word kit, meaning fiddle, having at some point been confused with the word kit for a young cat.

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