catgut, n.

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1. A strong cord made by twisting the dried intestines of animals, as sheep, used in stringing musical instruments and tennis rackets, for surgical sutures, etc.
2. Also called goat's-rue. A hairy American plant, Tephrosia virginiana, of the legume family, having yellow and pink flowers.


"the flayed landscape of skin where
catgut, pressing into the finger's
tip, made a ragged canyon"

— Joyce Sutphen, "Seeing, Up Close Again"
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