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gum tragacanth

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noun

  1. tragacanth.


Etymology

Origin of gum tragacanth

First recorded in 1565–75

Example Sentences

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They mixed blood plasma with a little sulfanilamide and some gum tragacanth to make a paste, used it on twelve second-degree burns.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dragantin, dra-gan′tin, n. a mucilage obtained from gum tragacanth.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

Half a pint of water, rectified spirits with an equal quantity of water three ounces, gum tragacanth one and a half drams.

From Our Deportment Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined Society by Young, John H.

These rouges are sold in powder, and also in cake or china pots; for the latter the rouge is mixed with a minute portion of solution of gum tragacanth.

From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by Piesse, George William Septimus

The most important vegetable productions are—cereals, cotton, gum tragacanth, liquorice, olive oil, opium, rice, saffron, salep, tobacco and yellow berries.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various

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