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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ca•chou (kə sho̅o̅′, ka-, kash′o̅o̅),USA pronunciation n. - catechu.
- a pill or lozenge for sweetening the breath.
- Malay; see catechu
- Portuguese cachu
- French
- 1700–10
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: cachou /ˈkæʃuː; kæˈʃuː/ n - a lozenge eaten to sweeten the breath
- another name for catechu
Etymology: 18th Century: via French from Portuguese, from Malay kāchu cat•e•chu (kat′i cho̅o̅′, -kyo̅o̅′),USA pronunciation n. - any of several astringent substances obtained from various tropical plants, esp. from the wood of two East Indian acacias, Acacia catechu and A. suma: used in medicine, dyeing, tanning, etc. Also called cashoo, cutch.
- Malayalam, or a cognate Dravidian word
- Malay kacu
- Malayalam; cashoo, cutch perh.
- Portuguese; perh. a conflation of Marathi kāt catechu and kāccu, with same sense, alleged to be
- Neo-Latin
- 1670–80
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: catechu /ˈkætɪˌtʃuː/, cachou, cutch n - a water-soluble astringent resinous substance obtained from any of certain tropical plants, esp the leguminous tree Acacia catechu of S Asia, and used in medicine, tanning, and dyeing
Etymology: 17th Century: probably from Malay kachu, of Dravidian origin |