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Definition of Catechus
1. catechu [n] - See also: catechu
Lexicographical Neighbors of Catechus
Literary usage of Catechus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Technical Reports and Scientific Papers by Sir Frederick Augustus Abel, Imperial Institute (Great Britain) (1903)
"... Constituents o/Gambier and Acacia catechus.1 By AG PERKIN and E. YOSHITAKE.
THE short paper on catechin, just published (Kostanecki and Tambor, Her., ..."
2. The Technologist (1861)
"Animal dyes are confined chiefly to lac products and cochineal ; catechus will
be more in place amongst tanning extracts, and gamboge and dragon's blood can ..."
3. A Dictionary of Pharmaceutical Science: A Guide for the Pharmaceutist by Hiram V. Sweringen (1882)
"Non-officinal catechus. CATECHU-TANNIC ACID. A peculiar tannic acid, obtained
from catechu, which precipitates iron of ..."
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