acouchi

noun

acou·​chi

variants or less commonly acuchi

ə-ˈkü-shē

or acouchi resin

plural -s

: a resin similar in nature and uses to elemi and obtained from various South American trees of the genus Protium

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from French (baume/résine) acouchi, probably a misrepresentation of New Latin aracouchini, said to be the Galibi name at Cayenne, French Guiana, for Protium heterophyllum (Icica aracouchini)

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