acacia catechu

English Thesaurus

1. East Indian spiny tree having twice-pinnate leaves and yellow flowers followed by flat pods; source of black catechu (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	acacia,
definition	:	any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	genus acacia,
definition	:	large genus of shrubs and trees and some woody vines of Central and South America, Africa, Australia and Polynesia: wattle; mimosa (noun.plant)

substance holonym	:	black catechu, catechu,
definition	:	extract of the heartwood of Acacia catechu used for dyeing and tanning and preserving fishnets and sails; formerly used medicinally (noun.plant)