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Meanings of Jerusalem thorn in English
Catalan
gínjol Spiny tree having dark red edible fruits.
Large shrub or shrubby tree having sharp spines and pinnate leaves with small deciduous leaflets and sweet-scented racemose yellow-orange flowers; grown as ornamentals or hedging or emergency food for livestock; tropical America but naturalized in southern United States.
See moreEast Indian spiny tree having twice-pinnate leaves and yellow flowers followed by flat pods; source of black catechu.
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Examples for "catechu"
Examples for "catechu"
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Objective: To study the chemical constituents of Chinese medicine Acacia catechu.
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When of good quality, catechu is more powerful as an astringent than kino.
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For other dyes cotton has a special attraction, such as catechu.
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In this bottle I have catechu powder scented with the pollen of screw-pine blossoms.
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Turmeric, orchil, catechu, and indigo carmine are all extremely fugitive.
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Objective: To study the chemical constituents of Chinese medicine Acacia catechu.
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Khadira is Acacia catechu, Linn, or Mimosa catechu; Saravarnin is otherwise called, as explained by Nilakantha, Palasa.