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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[Native name.]

(Bot.)

A small tree of tropical America (

Cæsalpinia coriaria

), whose legumes contain a large proportion of tannic and gallic acid, and are used by tanners and dyers.

See also: dividivi

A divi-divi tree

divi-divi ‎(plural divi-divi)

Caesalpinia coriaria, a leguminous tree of the southern Western Hemisphere
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.

Caesalpinia coriaria, a leguminous tree of the Caribbean region