Catechu

  

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Catechu

Definitions: Catechu

Catechu

Noun

1. 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)


Specialty Definitions: Catechu

DomainDefinitions

Food & Agriculture

The crystalline portion of cutch, rich in catechin. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Catechu

Synonym: black catechu (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Catechu

English words defined with "catechu": Acacia catechu, Areca catechublack catechuCashoo, Catechin, CatechuicGambierJapan earth, Jerusalem thornPhloroglucin, Pyrocatechintannic acid. (references)
Specialty definitions using "catechu": Arecolinedark cutchpegu cutch. (references)
Etymologies containing "catechu": Cashoo. (references)

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Expressions: Catechu

Expressions using "catechu": Acacia catechu areca catechu black catechu. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Catechu

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  areca catechu

8

  catechu

5
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Modern Translations: Catechu

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

   

Portuguese

  

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)

   

Russian 

  

дубильный экстракт. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

vrsta astrigensa. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

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)

   

Swedish

  

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)

   

Turkish

  

hint helvası out. (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

дубильний екстракт. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Catechu

Derivations

Words beginning with "catechu": catechumen, catechumens, catechus. (additional references)


Misspellings

"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).

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Rhyming with "Catechu"

Words rhyming with "catechu" (pronounced 'Cat"e*chu'): Buchu, Manchu. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Catechu

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Catechu


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

43 61 74 65 63 68 75

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-.-.    .-    -    .    -.-.    ....    ..-

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000011 01100001 01110100 01100101 01100011 01101000 01110101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#97 &#116 &#101 &#99 &#104 &#117

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 0061 0074 0065 0063 0068 0075

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

37678671697487

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Expressions
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Derivations
9. Rhymes
10. Anagrams
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


  

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