black catechu

1. 1.

   extract of the heartwood of Acacia catechu used for dyeing and tanning and preserving fishnets and sails; formerly used medicinally

   Synonymscatechu

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Questions about black catechu

What does black catechu mean?

black catechu means "extract of the heartwood of Acacia catechu used for dyeing and tanning and preserving fishnets and sails; formerly used medicinally".

What is another word for black catechu?

Close synonyms include catechu. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is black catechu a common word?

black catechu is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.