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SONORA GUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sonora gum mean? 

SONORA GUM (noun)
  The noun SONORA GUM has 1 sense:

1. acidulous gum resin of the creosote bushplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


SONORA GUM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Acidulous gum resin of the creosote bush

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Sonora gum" is a kind of...):

gum resin (a mixture of resin and gum)

Holonyms ("Sonora gum" is a part of...):

coville; creosote bush; hediondilla; Larrea tridentata (desert shrub of southwestern United States and New Mexico having persistent resinous aromatic foliage and small yellow flowers)


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