Dutch Meaning of tragacanth
Tragant
Other Dutch words related to Tragant
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Nearest Words of tragacanth
- tragedian => tragicus
- tragedienne => tragedienne
- tragedies => tragedies
- tragedious => tragisch
- tragedy => Tragiek
- tragelaphus => Tragelaphus
- tragelaphus angasi => Tragelaphus angasi
- tragelaphus buxtoni => Tragelaphus buxtoni
- tragelaphus eurycerus => Tragelaphus eurycerus
- tragelaphus imberbis => Kleine koedoe
Definitions and Meaning of tragacanth in English
tragacanth (n)
a gum used in pharmacy, adhesives, and textile printing
tragacanth (n.)
A kind of gum procured from a spiny leguminous shrub (Astragalus gummifer) of Western Asia, and other species of Astragalus. It comes in hard whitish or yellowish flakes or filaments, and is nearly insoluble in water, but slowly swells into a mucilaginous mass, which is used as a substitute for gum arabic in medicine and the arts. Called also gum tragacanth.
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Tragant
a gum used in pharmacy, adhesives, and textile printingA kind of gum procured from a spiny leguminous shrub (Astragalus gummifer) of Western Asia, and other spe
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