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n. - Small thornless tree or shrub of tropical America whose seed pods are a source of tannin;

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  • It appears also, from trials made, that one part of divi-divi is sufficient for tanning as much leather as four parts of bark, and the process occupies but one-third of...
  • Dr. Hamilton states that, according to some admirably conducted experiments of Mr. Rootsey, of Bristol, undertaken at his request, the pods of divi-divi contain above 50...
  • The first process -- the making of leather -- does not lie within the scope of this work; suffice it to say, that the hair or fur is first removed by lime, etc, and that after...
  • The backroads of Aruba take travelers past eerie rock formations, cacti and our famous divi-divi trees.
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