Emily Dickinson Lexicon

Definition for CAT'E-CHU

CAT-E-CHIS'TIC, or CAT-E-CHIS'TIC-AL CAT-E-CHU'MEN

CAT'E-CHU, n.

A dry extract, or brown astringent substance, obtained by decoction and evaporation from Acacia Catechu, in India. It consists chiefly of tannin. – Thomson. Ure.

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