Catechu :: Catechu (n.) A dry, brown, astringent extract, obtained by decoction and evaporation from the Acacia catechu, and several other plants growing in India. It contains a large portion of tannin or tannic acid, and is used in medicine and in the arts. It is also known by the names terra japonica, cutch, gambier, etc..

Catechuic :: Catechuic (a.) Of or pertaining to catechu or its derivatives. See catechin.

Catechumen :: Catechumen (L. catechunenus, Gr. / instructed, from /. See) One who is receiving rudimentary instruction in the doctrines of Christianity; a neophyte; in the primitive church, one officially recognized as a Christian, and admitted to instruction preliminary to admission to full membership in the church..

Catechumenate :: Catechumenate (n.) The state or condition of a catechumen or the time during which one is a catechumen.

Catechumenical :: Catechumenical (a.) Of or pertaining to catechumens; as, catechumenical instructions..

Catechumenist :: Catechumenist (n.) A catechumen.

Protocatechuic :: Protocatechuic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an organic acid which is obtained as a white crystalline substance from catechin, asafetida, oil of cloves, etc., and by distillation itself yields pyrocatechin..

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