catechu

English

Etymology

Probably a corruption of the Malay kacu.

Noun

catechu (countable and uncountable, plural catechus)

A gummy extract of any of several species of Acacieae, produced by boiling the wood of the tree in water and evaporating the resulting liquid.
- 1837, Jonathan Pereira, “Lectures on Materia Medica: Lecture LXI”, in London Medical Gazette‎, volume XX, page 107:
  The pale catechus are usually sweeter and more pleasant for chewing.

Synonyms

(extract of acacia): cachou, cutch, cashoo, Japanese earth

Translations

a gummy extract of any of several species of Acacieae

Irish: caitsiú m

Tagalog: kateku

See also

catechu on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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