English > gum: 10 senses > noun 3, substance| Meaning | Any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying. |
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| Narrower | agar, agar-agar | A colloidal extract of algae |
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| algin, alginic acid | A gum used especially as a thickener or emulsifier |
| ammoniac, gum ammoniac | The aromatic gum of the ammoniac plant |
| balata, gutta balata | When dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls |
| carrageenin, carrageenan | A colloidal extract from carrageen seaweed and other red algae |
| cherry-tree gum | Exudation from trees of the Prunus genus |
| chicle, chicle gum | gum-like substance from the sapodilla |
| conima | A gum resin from the poison hemlock, Conium maculatum |
| dragon's blood | A dark red resinous substance derived from various trees and used in photoengraving |
| eucalyptus gum, eucalyptus kino, red gum | reddish-brown dried gummy exudation from any of several trees of the genus Eucalyptus especially Eucalyptus camaldulensis |
| euphorbium, gum eurphorbium | An acrid brown gum resin now used mainly in veterinary medicine |
| frankincense, olibanum, gum olibanum, thus | An aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees |
| galbanum, gum albanum | A bitter aromatic gum resin that resembles asafetida |
| ghatti, ghatti gum | An Indian gum from the dhawa tree |
| guar gum | A gum from seeds of the guar plant |
| gum arabic, gum acacia | gum from an acacia tree |
| gum butea, butea gum, butea kino, Bengal kino | dried juice of the dhak tree |
| gutta-percha | A whitish rubber derived from the coagulated milky latex of gutta-percha ... / gutta-percha trees |
| kino, gum kino, kino gum | A gum obtained from various tropical plants |
| lacquer | A black resinous substance obtained from certain trees and used as a natural varnish |
| mesquite gum | A gum obtained from mesquite pods |
| mucilage | A gelatinous substance secreted by plants |
| opopanax | An odorous gum resin formerly used in medicines |
| sangapenum, gum sangapenum | A variety of gum |
| sterculia gum, karaya gum | Exudate of an Asian tree |
| sweet gum, liquidambar | aromatic exudate from the sweet gum tree |
| tragacanth | A gum used in pharmacy, adhesives, and textile printing |
| Broader | exudate, exudation | A substance that oozes out from plant pores / pores |
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| Spanish | goma |
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| Catalan | goma |
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| Verbs | gum | exude or form gum |
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