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Noun a vegetable extract containing tannin, esp. one (also catechu) obtained from the heartwood of an Indian acacia tree, used chiefly for tanning and dyeing. • The chief source of this is Acacia catechu, family Leguminosae. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: modern Latin, from Malay kacu. Compare with cachou .
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