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English noun: catgut

1. catgut (plant) perennial subshrub of eastern North America having downy leaves yellowish and rose flowers and; source of rotenone


Synonymsgoat's rue, Tephrosia virginiana, wild sweet pea


Broader (hypernym)hoary pea

2. catgut (artifact) a strong cord made from the intestines of sheep and used in surgery


Synonymsgut


Broader (hypernym)cord


Substance meronymsuture









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