catgut, n.
(catguts)
(catguts)
a strong cord made from the intestines of sheep and used in surgery
<noun.artifact>
catgut gut
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
perennial subshrub of eastern North America having downy leaves yellowish and rose flowers and; source of rotenone
<noun.plant>
Tephrosia virginiana catgut goat's rue wild sweet pea
semantic pointers
hypernym