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Definitions: Catechu |
CatechuNoun1. Extract of the heartwood of Acacia catechu used for dying and tanning and preserving fishnets and sails; formerly used medicinally. 2. East Indian spiny tree having twice-pinnate leaves and yellow flowers followed by flat pods; source of black catechu. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Note: Catechu \Cat"e*chu\, noun. [See Cashoo.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Food & Agriculture | The crystalline portion of cutch, rich in catechin. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: CatechuSynonym: black catechu (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Catechu |
| English words defined with "catechu": Acacia catechu, Areca catechu ♦ black catechu ♦ Cashoo, Catechin, Catechuic ♦ Gambier ♦ Japan earth, Jerusalem thorn ♦ Phloroglucin, Pyrocatechin ♦ tannic acid. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "catechu": Arecoline ♦ dark cutch ♦ pegu cutch. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "catechu": Cashoo. (references) |
Expressions using "catechu": Acacia catechu ♦ areca catechu ♦ black catechu. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
areca catechu | 8 |
catechu | 5 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "catechu"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | тютюнев цвят (snuff-color, snuff-colour), катеху, дъбилен екстракт. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | extrakt z východoindických rostlin. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | catechol (catechin, catechol, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol), catechin (catechin, catechol, catechol tannin, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol), pyrocatechol (catechin, catechol, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol), P-vitamin (catechin, catechol, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol), katekin (catechin, catechol, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol), katechin (catechin, catechol, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | catechol (catechin, catechol, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol), catechine (catechin, catechol, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol), catechien (catechin, catechol, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol), pyrocatechol (catechin, catechol, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol), o-dihydroxybenzeen (catechin, catechol, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol), lichtkleurige katechu (catechin, catechol, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kateku (catechin, catechol, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol), katekiini (catechin, catechol, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | catéchol (catechin, catechol), catéchine (catechin, catechol), vitamine P (catechin, catechol), pyrocatéchol (catechin, catechol). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Catechol (catechin, catechol, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol), Catechin (catechin, catechol, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol), Pyrocatechin (catechin, catechol, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol), Hellkatechu (catechin, catechol, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol), Brenzkatechin (catechin, catechol, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol), Brenzcatechin (catechin, catechol, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | katechu. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | citrina (catechin, catechol, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol), catecolo (catechin, catechol, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol), catechina (catechin, catechol, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol), catecù pallido (catechin, catechol, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol), catecù (cachou), vitamina P (catechin, catechol, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol), pirocatecolo (catechin, catechol, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | atechucay cauchu, catequina (catechin, catechol, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol), catecol (catechin, catechol, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol), catechina (catechin, catechol, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol), vitamina P (catechin, catechol, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol), extracto de catechu/cachu (catechin, catechol, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol). (various references) дубильный экстракт. (various references) vrsta astrigensa. (various references) catecol (catechin, catechol, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol), catecú, cachú claro (catechin, catechol, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol), vitamina P (catechin, catechol, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol), pirocatecol (catechin, catechol, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol). (various references) o-difenol (catechin, catechol, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol), katekol (catechin, catechol, kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch, pyrocatechol), katekin (kath, katha, keersel, pale cutch). (various references) hint helvası out. (various references) дубильний екстракт. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "catechu": catechumen, catechumens, catechus. (additional references) | |
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"Catechu" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Chatachuk, ciechi, cimtech, Comtech. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "catechu" (pronounced 'Cat"e*chu'): Buchu, Manchu. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-h-t-u" | |
-1 letter: cachet. | |
-2 letters: acute, cache, catch, cheat, chute, cutch, haute, tache, teach, teuch, theca. | |
-3 letters: ache, cate, ceca, chat, cute, each, eath, etch, haet, hate, haut, heat, tace, tach, thae. | |
-4 letters: ace, act, ate, cat, cue, cut, eat, eau, ecu, eta, eth, hae, hat, het, hue, hut, tae, tau, tea, the, uta. | |
-5 letters: ae, ah, at. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-e-h-t-u" | |
+1 letter: catechus. | |
+2 letters: cartouche. | |
+3 letters: cartouches, catechumen, outcatches, outcoached, outcoaches. | |
+4 letters: catechumens, charcuterie, eucharistic, euchromatic, succotashes, uncatchable, untechnical. | |
+5 letters: accouchement, architecture, characterful, charcuteries, countermarch. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 61 74 65 63 68 75 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .- - . -.-. .... ..- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01100001 01110100 01100101 01100011 01101000 01110101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C a t e c h u |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0061 0074 0065 0063 0068 0075 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)37678671697487 |
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