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Definition of Gum arabic
1. Noun. Gum from an acacia tree; used as a thickener (especially in candies and pharmaceuticals).
Substance meronyms: Acacia
Generic synonyms: Gum
Specialized synonyms: Senegal Gum
Definition of Gum arabic
1. Noun. An edible substance taken from one of two species of sub-Saharan acacia trees. It is used in the food industry as a stabilizer (e.g. in soda, gumdrops and marshmallows) and in other industries including pharmaceuticals, paints and polishes. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Gum arabic
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Gum Arabic
Literary usage of Gum arabic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Druggist (1891)
"The examination of a sample of gum arabic may be conducted in the ... Gum Senegal
has been stated to be more hygroscopic than gum arabic; but on drying at ..."
2. An Introduction to the Chemistry of Plant Products by Paul Haas, Thomas George Hill (1913)
"gum arabic. This substance is a mixture of calcium, magnesium, and potassium
salts of a weak acid of unknown constitution, to which earlier writers gave the ..."
3. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley (1859)
"gum arabic may be used as a generic name for the various gums produced by ...
These varieties of gum Arabic differ somewhat in purity, hardness, and color. ..."
4. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1906)
"That gum-arabic was largely composed of an acid had already been discovered ...
Neubauer made analyses of the acid obtained by freeing gum-arabic of its ash ..."
5. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"gum arabic, when heated to 150* C. with two parts of acetic anhydride, ...
gum arabic is not precipitated from solution by alum, stannous chloride, ..."
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