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/ˈkæt.ɪt͡ʃ.uː/ · noun
A gummy extract of any of several species of Acacieae, but especially Senegalia catechu, produced by boiling the wood of the tree in water and evaporating the resulting liquid..
The pale catechus are usually sweeter and more pleasant for chewing.
Use catechu when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Catechu means A gummy extract of any of several species of Acacieae, but especially Senegalia catechu, produced by boiling the wood of the tree in water and evaporating the resulting liquid..
Common synonyms include Japanese earth, acacia catechu, black catechu, jerusalem thorn.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The pale catechus are usually sweeter and more pleasant for chewing.
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