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tragacanth

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Noun
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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun tragacanth has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

tragacanthn. [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]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

tragacanth, n. a white or reddish gum from a plant, Astragalus gummifer, used in pharmacy, calico-printing, etc., as a vehicle for drugs, dye, etc.

Etymology
F tragacante f. L tragacantha f. Gk tragakantha, name of a shrub, f. tragos goat + akantha thorn
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