See Also: cutch(medicine)
cutch(dictionary)

pingo (iou) and cutch (medicine)


pingo (iou)



pingo noun. Pl. -o(e)s. M20.
[Inupiaq pinguq nunatak.]
Physical Geography. A persistent low conical or dome-shaped mound, often with a crater on top, formed in regions with thin or discontinuous permafrost and consisting of a layer of soil over a large core of ice; a round depression in temperate regions thought to be the remains of such a mound.

cutch (medicine)


cutch -->
catechu nigrum
Black catechu, an extract of the heart wood of Acacia catechu (family Leguminosae), used as an astringent in diarrhoea.

Synonym: cutch.