"catgut" in the noun sense
1. catgut, goat's rue, wild sweet pea, Tephrosia virginiana
perennial subshrub of eastern North America having downy leaves yellowish and rose flowers and source of rotenone
2. catgut, gut
a strong cord made from the intestines of sheep and used in surgery
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