CACHOUS
- any of several astringent substances obtained from various tropical plants, esp. from the wood of two East Indian acacias, Acacia catechu and A. suma: used in medicine, dyeing, tanning, etc.
- pill or lozenge for sweetening the breath
- CACHOU, a resin used in tanning, also CATECHU, CASHOO, CUTCH, KUTCH [n]
- CACHOU, catechu (a resin used in tanning) [n]