Gum
Of exudation.
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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- gum arabic
Gum from an acacia tree; used as a thickener (especially in candies and pharmaceutic...
- gutta-percha
A whitish rubber derived from the coagulated milky latex of gutta-percha trees; used...
- balata
When dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls.
- dragon's blood
A dark red resinous substance derived from various trees and used in photoengrav...
- euphorbium
An acrid brown gum resin now used mainly in veterinary medicine.
- opopanax
An odorous gum resin formerly used in medicines.
- frankincense
An aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly...
- lacquer
A black resinous substance obtained from certain trees and used as a natural varnish.
- red gum
Reddish-brown dried gummy exudation from any of several trees of the genus Eucalyptus especially...
- ammoniac
The aromatic gum of the ammoniac plant.
- conima
A gum resin from the poison hemlock, Conium maculatum.
- galbanum
A bitter aromatic gum resin that resembles asafetida.
- sangapenum
A variety of gum.
- agar
A colloidal extract of algae; used especially in culture media and as a gelling agent in f...
- cherry-tree gum
Exudation from trees of the Prunus genus; resembles gum arabic.
- chicle
Gum-like substance from the sapodilla.
- ghatti
An Indian gum from the dhawa tree; used as a substitute for gum arabic.
- algin
A gum used especially as a thickener or emulsifier.
- guar gum
A gum from seeds of the guar plant; used to thicken foods and as sizing for paper and ...
- kino
A gum obtained from various tropical plants; used as an astringent and in tanning.
- gum butea
Dried juice of the dhak tree; used as an astringent.
- mucilage
A gelatinous substance secreted by plants.
- mesquite gum
A gum obtained from mesquite pods; resembles gum arabic.
- sterculia gum
Exudate of an Asian tree; used for finishing textiles and to thicken foodstuffs and...
- liquidambar
Aromatic exudate from the sweet gum tree.
- carrageenin
A colloidal extract from carrageen seaweed and other red algae.
- tragacanth
A gum used in pharmacy, adhesives, and textile printing.