divi-divi

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See also: dividivi

English

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A divi-divi tree

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Via Spanish, from a Cariban language.

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Doubt this is from a Cariban language, given most Cariban languages lack both /d/ and /v/. Maybe Arawakan, as the Papiamentu entry at dividivi claims?”

Noun

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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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