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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
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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