Crossword-Solution: CATECHU
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Catechu | n. | A dry, brown, astringent extract, obtained by decoction and evaporation from the Acacia catechu, and several other plants growing in India. It contains a large portion of tannin or tannic acid, and is used in medicine and in the arts. It is also known by the names terra japonica, cutch, gambier, etc. |
We have 6 clues for the answer “CATECHU”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Astringent or dye | 1 answer |
| VEGETABLE substance containing tannin | 1 answer |
| cutch | 1 answer |
| areca | 4 answers |
| Jerusalem thorn | 4 answers |
| Acacia | 18 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TREAE
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greedy person
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Sentences with CATECHU (5)
The awful mysteries of the Christian faith and worship were concealed from the eyes of strangers, and even of catechu mens, with an affected secrecy, which served to excite their wonder and curiosity.
Some are tempting from their foliage, others from their bark (vide the powerfully astringent Catechu), some from the succulent roots, and several varieties from the wood, which is eaten like the sugar-cane.
FRENCH BRANDY Take of pure spirit 1 gallon, best French brandy, or any kind you wish to imitate, even Otard, 1 quart; loaf sugar 2 oz., sweet spirits of nitre 1/2 oz., a few drops of tincture of catechu, or oak bark, to roughen the taste if desired; colour to suit your taste, and bottle.
The most prevalent were _Carissa carandas, Olax scandens,_ two _Zizyphi,_ and the ever-present _Acacia Catechu._ The climate is, however, warmer and much moister, for I here observed dew to be formed, which I afterwards found to be usual on the low grounds.
This poor woman earned a scanty maintenance by making catechu: inhabiting a little cottage, and having no property but two cattle to bring wood from the hills, and a very few household chattels; and how few of these they only know who have seen the meagre furniture of Danga hovels.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1986).