GUM BUTEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gum butea mean? 

• GUM BUTEA (noun)
  The noun GUM BUTEA has 1 sense:

1. dried juice of the dhak tree; used as an astringent

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GUM BUTEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Dried juice of the dhak tree; used as an astringent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

Bengal kino; butea gum; butea kino; gum butea

Hypernyms ("gum butea" 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)