divi-divi

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See also: dividivi

English

A divi-divi tree

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Etymology

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Noun

divi-divi

  1. Caesalpinia coriaria, a leguminous tree of the southern Western Hemisphere
  2. The seed-pods of Caesalpinia coriaria, formerly used in tanning
    • 1919, “Abstracts”, in Journal of the American Leather Chemists Association, volume 14, page 583:
      Prior to the war divi-divi was exported to Hamburg almost exclusively; in the past few years, however, it has found a ready market in New York.

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