divi-divi

See also: dividivi

English

Alternative forms

• dividivi

Etymology

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

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.

Translations

Caesalpinia coriaria, a leguminous tree of the Caribbean region

Portuguese: dividivi m

Further reading

• Caesalpinia coriaria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Caesalpinia coriaria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Caesalpinia coriaria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• divi-divi at Tropicos