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| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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}. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Dracanth \Dra"canth\, n. A kind of gum; -- called also {gum tragacanth}, or {tragacanth}. See {Tragacanth}. | |
