tragacanth
noun
- a white or reddish, tasteless and odorless gum, used in pharmacy, calico printing, etc.
- any of various, esp. Asiatic, plants (genus Astragalus) of the pea family, yielding this gum
See tragacanth in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(trăgˈə-kănthˌ, trăjˈ-)
noun- Any of various thorny shrubs of the genus Astragalus, especially A. gummifer, of the Middle East, yielding a gum used in pharmacy, adhesives, and textile printing.
- The gum of this plant.
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