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divi-divi
[div-ee-div-ee]
noun
plural
divi-divis, divi-divia 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
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of divi-divi1
51Թ 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.
Specimens of divi-divi which had been raised at Calcutta were shown in the Indian department of the Great Exhibition.
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