HyperDic: gum_arabic

English > 1 sense of the expression gum arabic:
NOUNsubstancegum arabic, gum acaciagum from an acacia tree
English > gum arabic: 1 sense > noun 1, substance
Meaninggum from an acacia tree; used as a thickener (especially in candies and pharmaceuticals).
Synonymgum acacia
NarrowerSenegal gumgum arabic from the vicinity of the Senegal river
BroadergumAny of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants
Substance ofacaciaAny of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia
Spanishgoma arábiga, goma de acacia
Catalangoma aràbiga

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