Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An aromatic resin obtained from
Bursera gummifera , a tree of the West Indies, Mexico. and Central America. It resembles carauna, from an allied tree of the same region. Also calledchibou .
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Examples
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_Diri-doux_, rice boiled with sugar, is sold in prodigious quantities daily, -- especially at the markets, where little heaps of it, rolled in pieces of banana or _cachibou_ leaves, are retailed at a cent each.
Two Years in the French West Indies Lafcadio Hearn 1877
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Two chasseurs-de-choux stride past us as we advance, with their freshly gathered palm-salad upon their heads, wrapped in cachibou or balisier leaves, and tied with lianas.
Two Years in the French West Indies Lafcadio Hearn 1877
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