Definition of Dividivi

1. n. A small tree of tropical America (Cæsalpinia coriaria), whose legumes contain a large proportion of tannic and gallic acid, and are used by tanners and dyers.

Definition of Dividivi

1. a type of tropical tree [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dividivi

dividend equilisation reserve
dividend warrant
dividendless
dividends
divident
dividents
divider
dividers
divides
divideth
dividing
dividing(a)
dividing line
dividingly
dividings
dividivi (current term)
dividivis
dividual
dividually
dividuous
divinable
divination
divinations
divinator
divinators
divinatory
divine
divine guidance
divine intervention
divine interventions

Literary usage of Dividivi

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1832)
"ONE portion of dividivi, as I received it, on being slightly bruised in a mortar, and sifted, was divided into eight parts powder and seven gruff. ..."

2. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1832)
"ONE portion of dividivi, as I received it, on being slightly bruised in a mortar, and sifted, was divided into eight parts powder and seven gruff. ..."

3. Ures̓ Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines: Containing a Clear by Andrew Ure (1860)
"dividivi, or Libi Davi, is the pod of a leguminous shrub, which is an indigenous production of Jamaica, and some parts of South America. ..."

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