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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)play

  Familiarity information: GUM ACACIA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GUM ACACIA (noun)


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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