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Definition of Black catechu
1. Noun. Extract of the heartwood of Acacia catechu used for dyeing and tanning and preserving fishnets and sails; formerly used medicinally.
Substance meronyms: Acacia Catechu, Catechu, Jerusalem Thorn
Generic synonyms: Extract, Infusion
Lexicographical Neighbors of Black Catechu
Literary usage of Black catechu
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"This extract is known as black catechu. A similar extract, known in pharmacy as
... Ordinary black catechu is usually imported in three different forms. ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"This extract is known as black catechu. A similar extract, known in pharmacy as
... Ordinary black catechu is usually imported in three different forms. ..."
3. A Text-book of botany and pharmacognosy by Henry Kraemer (1908)
"381) indigenous to Malacca, Java and Sumatra and mostly cultivated near Singapore,
the former being known as " black catechu " or " cutch," and the latter ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1833)
"Ordinary black catechu is usually imported in three different forms. ...
The extract obtained from these plants is also known as black catechu, Pegu cutch, ..."
5. Scientific and Applied Pharmacognosy: Intended for the Use of Students in by Henry Kraemer (1915)
"black catechu.—In irregular masses, with fragments of leaves or mats upon the
outside reddish-black, somewhat shiny; brittle, more or less porous internally ..."
6. Scientific and Applied Pharmacognosy for Students of Pharmacy, and by Henry Kraemer (1915)
"black catechu.—In irregular masses, with fragments of leaves or mats upon the
outside reddish-black, somewhat shiny; brittle, more or less porous internally ..."
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