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tragacanth |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tragacanth \Trag"a*canth\, n. [L. tragacanthum tragacanth, tragacantha the plant producing tragacanth, Gr ? ? a he-goat + ? a thorn: cf F. tragacanthe.] 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}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dracanth \Dra"canth\, n. A kind of gum; -- called also {gum tragacanth}, or {tragacanth}. See {Tragacanth}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: tragacanth n : a gum used in pharmacy, adhesives, and textile printing
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