[syn: catgut, gut]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Catgut \Cat"gut`\, n. [Cat + gut.]
1. A cord of great toughness made from the intestines of
animals, esp. of sheep, used for strings of musical
instruments, etc.
[1913 Webster]
2. A sort of linen or canvas, with wide interstices.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
catgut
n 1: perennial subshrub of eastern North America having downy
leaves yellowish and rose flowers and; source of rotenone
[syn: catgut, goat's rue, wild sweet pea, Tephrosia
virginiana]
2: a strong cord made from the intestines of sheep and used in
surgery [syn: catgut, gut]