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Definition of Divi-divi

1. Noun. Twisted seed pods of the divi-divi tree; source of tannin.

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

Definition of Divi-divi

1. Noun. ''Cæsalpinia coriaria'', a leguminous tree of the southern Western Hemisphere ¹

2. Noun. The seed-pods of ''Cæsalpinia coriaria'', formerly used in tanning ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Divi-divi

1. A small tree of tropical America (Caesalpinia coriaria), whose legumes contain a large proportion of tannic and gallic acid, and are used by tanners and dyers. Origin: Native name. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Divi-divi

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divet divets divewear divey divi divi-divi (current term) divicine dividable dividant divide and conquer

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Literary usage of Divi-divi

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

1. Reports of Cases in Law and Equity in the Supreme Court of the State of New York by Oliver Lorenzo Barbour, New York (State). Supreme Court (1864)
"That the defendants, when they made this warranty to the plaintiffs, knew that it was false, and knew that the bulk of the divi divi was damaged, ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"divi-divi (7. v.) contains аз much as 50 per cent of tannin. ... Leather tanned by divi-divi also draws moisture readily in presence of damp, while in a dry ..."

3. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Carl Schorlemmer (1892)
"From the alcoholic extract of 80 kilos. of divi-divi, Earth and ... acid.3 It may be more simply prepared from the coarsely-powdered divi-divi, separated by ..."

4. The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia: Commercial by Edward Balfour (1885)
"It is to the curved pod that the commercial term of divi-divi or libi-libi is given ... The divi-divi pods are of a dark brown colour externally, when ripe, ..."

5. Wood Products: Distillates and Extracts by Paul Dumesny, J. Noyer (1908)
"Divi- divi extract of 30° generally contains 30 to 33 per cent. of tannin, the dry extract 53 to 55 per cent. The extract, itself at 30 , being essentially ..."

6. Wood products: Distillates and Extracts by Paul Dumesny, J. Noyer (1908)
"The divi-divi pods are exhausted by seven washings of two hours each at 90U C. ... Divi- divi extract of 30° generally contains .-J0 to ,-}3 per cent, ..."

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