[mod. L., = ‘Japanese earth’: see note s.v. CATECHU. So F. terre du Japon.] = CATECHU, formerly also known as Japonic earth.
[1654, 1679,] 1683 [see CATECHU].
1693. trans. Blancard’s Phys. Dict. (ed. 2), Catechu, improperly called Terra Japonica.
1725. Lond. Gaz., No. 6366/1. Half a Ton of Terra Japannica.
1845. Encycl. Metrop., XXII. 474/1. The exports from Népál are rice, ginger, terra Japonica (i. e. the gum, or inspissated juice of the Mimosa catechu).
