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GUM ACACIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gum acacia mean?
• GUM ACACIA (noun)
The noun GUM ACACIA has 1 sense:
1. gum from an acacia tree; used as a thickener (especially in candies and pharmaceuticals)
Familiarity information: GUM ACACIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Gum from an acacia tree; used as a thickener (especially in candies and pharmaceuticals)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
gum acacia; gum arabic
Hypernyms ("gum acacia" is a kind of...):
gum (any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gum acacia"):
Senegal gum (gum arabic from the vicinity of the Senegal river)
Holonyms ("gum acacia" is a substance of...):
acacia (any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia)
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