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divi-divi
[ div-ee-div-ee ]
noun
- a tropical American shrub or small tree, Caesalpinia coriaria, of the legume family, the astringent pods of which are used in tanning and dyeing.
- the related species C. spinosa.
- the pods of either plant.
divi-divi
/ ˌɪɪˈɪɪ /
noun
- a tropical American leguminous tree, Caesalpinia coriaria
- the pods of this plant, which yield a substance used in tanning leather
Word History and Origins
Origin of divi-divi1
Word History and Origins
Origin of divi-divi1
Example Sentences
But while trying to get a phase I trial started with an extract from the divi-divi tree, Caesalpinia spinosa, she hit a snag.
Pilate and Reba, seated beside the bed, bent over her like two divi-divi trees beaten forward by a wind always blowing from the same direction.
Although the plains are for the most part arid wastes, sugar, aloes, tobacco and divi-divi are produced with much toil in the more fertile glens.
Gladstone will be the better pleased, and take another farthing off 'divi-divi,' or some other commodity in general use and of universal appreciation.
It appears also, from trials made, that one part of divi-divi is sufficient for tanning as much leather as four parts of bark, and the process occupies but one-third of the time.
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