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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: gum arabic (0.01632 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to gum arabic.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: gum arabic gum arabic n : gum from an acacia tree; used as a thickener (especially in candies and pharmaceuticals) [syn: gum acacia]
English → English (gcide) Definition: gum arabic Acacia \A*ca"cia\, n.; pl. E. Acacias, L. Acaci[ae]. [L. from Gr. ?; orig. the name of a thorny tree found in Egypt; prob. fr. the root ak to be sharp. See Acute.] 1. A genus of leguminous trees and shrubs. Nearly 300 species are Australian or Polynesian, and have terete or vertically compressed leaf stalks, instead of the bipinnate leaves of the much fewer species of America, Africa, etc. Very few are found in temperate climates. [1913 Webster] 2. (Med.) The inspissated juice of several species of acacia; -- called also gum acacia, and gum arabic. [1913 Webster]

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