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Definition: gum tragacanth
Tragacanth
\Trag"a*canth\, n. [L. tragacanthum tragacanth,
tragacantha the plant producing tragacanth, Gr. ? ? a he-goat
+ ? a thorn: cf. F. tragacanthe.]
A kind of gum procured from a spiny leguminous shrub
(
Astragalus gummifer) 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
gum tragacanth.
[1913 Webster]
Dracanth
\Dra"canth\, n.
A kind of gum; -- called also
gum tragacanth, or
tragacanth. See
Tragacanth.
[1913 Webster]
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