Lexic.us

Definition of Caesalpinia coriaria

1. Noun. Small thornless tree or shrub of tropical America whose seed pods are a source of tannin.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Caesalpinia Coriaria

Literary usage of Caesalpinia coriaria

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

1. Select Extra-tropical Plants: Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1891)
"Caesalpinia coriaria, Willdenow. \Vet sea-shores of Central America. Might be naturalised in salt- marshes elsewhere. Prospers as far south as Natal [JM ..."

2. Technical Reports and Scientific Papers by Sir Frederick Augustus Abel, Imperial Institute (Great Britain) (1903)
"Divi-divi pods (Caesalpinia coriaria) from Queensland, received through the Acting Agent-General. The analysis of this sample of Divi-divi has furnished the ..."

3. Lehrbuch der chemischen Technologie by Hermann Ost (1903)
"... die braunroten Schoten der westindischen Caesalpinia coriaria mit 40% Gerbstoff, werden in bedeutenden Mengen als verstärkende Zusätze zu den Rinden ..."

4. Outlines of Industrial Chemistry: A Text-book for Students by Frank Hall Thorp, Charles D. Demond (1905)
"Divi-divi is the fruit of a West Indian tree, Caesalpinia coriaria. Willd. It forms very thin pods about three inches long, and often folded and twisted, ..."

5. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry, Division of Plant Industry, Queensland (1911)
"The northern part of South America, from Panama, through Colombia and Guiana, to Brazil; also found in the West Indies. 26171. Caesalpinia coriaria (Jacq. ..."

6. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.), Wild Flower Preservation Society of America (1907)
"... gives a vegetable fat used by the natives as butter and largely exported from Africa to be used in soap manufacture; Caesalpinia coriaria produces the ..."

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