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Tragacanth
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Tragacanth has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
Tragacanth, 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]
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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