English dictionary
tragacanth
/'tr/&/g/@/,k/&/n/T/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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a gum used in pharmacy, adhesives, and textile printing
Source: WordNet 3.0
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A kind of gum procured from a spiny leguminous shrub (<i>Astragalus gummifer</i>) of Western Asia, and other species of Astragalus. It comes in hard whitish or yellowish flakes or filaments, and is nearly insoluble in water, but slowly swells into a mucilaginous mass, which is used as a substitute for gum arabic in medicine and the arts. Called also <i>gum tragacanth</i>.
Source: webster1913