sugar gum

British  

noun

1. a small eucalyptus tree, Eucalyptus cladocalyx, having smooth bark and barrel-shaped fruits and grown for timber and ornament. It has sweet-tasting leaves which are often eaten by livestock

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sugar gum

First, there is the proportion of sugar, gum, pectin, etc., to free acid; next, the proportion of soluble to insoluble matters; and thirdly, the aroma, which, indeed, is no inconsiderable element therein.

From The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken by Muskett, Philip E.

Chemically, the Apple is composed of vegetable fibre, albumen, sugar, gum, chlorophyll, malic acid, gallic acid, lime, and much water.

From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas

It is also obtained from tartaric acid, with which it is isomeric, and from sugar, gum, etc., by oxidation.

From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section R by Project Gutenberg

For instance, barley contains starch, mucilaginous sugar, gum, adhesive matter, vegetable albumen, phosphate of lime, oil, fibre and water.

From The Cultivation of The Native Grape, and Manufacture of American Wines by Husmann, George

Several other leaves were immersed for some hours in denser solutions of sugar, gum, and starch, and they had the contents of their cells greatly aggregated.

From Insectivorous Plants by Darwin, Charles