gum tragacanth
Americannoun
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
It is found in a state of considerable purity in gum tragacanth and some other gums.
From Elements of Agricultural Chemistry by Anderson, Thomas
Perfumers, however, chiefly make bandoline from gum tragacanth, which exudes from a shrub of that name which grows plentifully in Greece and Turkey.
From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by Piesse, George William Septimus
Gum kuteera resembles in appearance gum tragacanth, for which the attempt has occasionally been made to substitute it.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various
One-fourth ounce gum tragacanth dissolved in one and half pints of soft water; then add ounce each of alcohol, glycerin and witch-hazel, also a little perfume.
From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson
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