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Noun
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(n)
chicle
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chicle gum
(gum-like substance from the sapodilla)
substance holonym
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(n)
gum
(any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying)
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(n)
sweet gum
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liquidambar
(aromatic exudate from the sweet gum tree)
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(n)
eucalyptus gum
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eucalyptus kino
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red gum
(reddish-brown dried gummy exudation from any of several trees of the genus Eucalyptus especially Eucalyptus camaldulensis)
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(n)
balata
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gutta balata
(when dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls)
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(n)
ammoniac
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gum ammoniac
(the aromatic gum of the ammoniac plant)
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(n)
carrageenin
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carrageenan
(a colloidal extract from carrageen seaweed and other red algae)
S:
(n)
conima
(a gum resin from the poison hemlock, Conium maculatum)
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(n)
dragon's blood
(a dark red resinous substance derived from various trees and used in photoengraving)
S:
(n)
euphorbium
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gum eurphorbium
(an acrid brown gum resin now used mainly in veterinary medicine)
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(n)
frankincense
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olibanum
,
gum olibanum
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thus
(an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation)
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(n)
galbanum
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gum albanum
(a bitter aromatic gum resin that resembles asafetida)
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(n)
ghatti
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ghatti gum
(an Indian gum from the dhawa tree; used as a substitute for gum arabic)
S:
(n)
agar
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agar-agar
(a colloidal extract of algae; used especially in culture media and as a gelling agent in foods)
S:
(n)
algin
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alginic acid
(a gum used especially as a thickener or emulsifier)
S:
(n)
cherry-tree gum
(exudation from trees of the Prunus genus; resembles gum arabic)
S:
(n)
chicle
,
chicle gum
(gum-like substance from the sapodilla)
S:
(n)
guar gum
(a gum from seeds of the guar plant; used to thicken foods and as sizing for paper and cloth)
S:
(n)
gum arabic
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gum acacia
(gum from an acacia tree; used as a thickener (especially in candies and pharmaceuticals))
S:
(n)
gum butea
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butea gum
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butea kino
,
Bengal kino
(dried juice of the dhak tree; used as an astringent)
S:
(n)
kino
,
gum kino
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kino gum
(a gum obtained from various tropical plants; used as an astringent and in tanning)
S:
(n)
mesquite gum
(a gum obtained from mesquite pods; resembles gum arabic)
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(n)
mucilage
(a gelatinous substance secreted by plants)
S:
(n)
sterculia gum
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karaya gum
(exudate of an Asian tree; used for finishing textiles and to thicken foodstuffs and cosmetics)
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(n)
gutta-percha
(a whitish rubber derived from the coagulated milky latex of gutta-percha trees; used for insulation of electrical cables)
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(n)
lacquer
(a black resinous substance obtained from certain trees and used as a natural varnish)
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(n)
opopanax
(an odorous gum resin formerly used in medicines)
S:
(n)
sangapenum
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gum sangapenum
(a variety of gum)
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(n)
tragacanth
(a gum used in pharmacy, adhesives, and textile printing)