divi-divi

See also: dividivi

English edit

A divi-divi tree

Alternative forms edit

dividivi

Etymology edit

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 edit

divi-divi

Caesalpinia coriaria, a leguminous tree of the southern Western Hemisphere
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 edit

Caesalpinia coriaria, a leguminous tree of the Caribbean region

Portuguese: dividivi m