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divi-divi

[ div-ee-div-ee ]

noun

plural divi-divis, divi-divi.
  1. a tropical American shrub or small tree, Caesalpinia coriaria, of the legume family, the astringent pods of which are used in tanning and dyeing.
  2. the related species C. spinosa.
  3. the pods of either plant.


divi-divi

/ ˌɪɪˈɪɪ /

noun

  1. a tropical American leguminous tree, Caesalpinia coriaria
  2. the pods of this plant, which yield a substance used in tanning leather
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of divi-divi1

1825–35; < Spanish < Carib
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Word History and Origins

Origin of divi-divi1

C19: from Spanish, of Cariban origin
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Example Sentences

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But while trying to get a phase I trial started with an extract from the divi-divi tree, Caesalpinia spinosa, she hit a snag.

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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.

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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.

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Gladstone will be the better pleased, and take another farthing off 'divi-divi,' or some other commodity in general use and of universal appreciation.

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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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