Definition of Tragacanths

1. Noun. (plural of tragacanth) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tragacanths

1. tragacanth [n] - See also: tragacanth

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tragacanths

trafficable
trafficator
trafficators
traffick
trafficked
trafficker
traffickers
trafficking
trafficks
trafficky
trafficless
traffics
trafficwise
tragacanth
tragacantha
tragacanths (current term)
tragal
tragedian
tragedians
tragedie
tragedienne
tragediennes
tragedies
tragedious
tragedize
tragedized
tragedizes
tragedizing
tragedy
tragedy of the commons

Literary usage of Tragacanths

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"At an elevation of about 3750 feet there is a thick growth of trees, partly firs, partly fruit-trees, with stretches of tragacanths and shrubs. ..."

2. The Diseases of Infancy and Childhood: For the Use of Students and by Luther Emmett Holt (1905)
"Where it is difficult to keep a mask applied, or in situations where it is impossible to use the ointment, Pick's paste may be tried : 9 Pulv. tragacanths 3 ..."

3. Medicinal Plants: Being Descriptions with Original Figures of the Principal ...by Robert Bentley, Henry Trimen by Robert Bentley, Henry Trimen (1880)
"The best flaky and vermicelli tragacanths are of a dull white colour, translucent, somewhat flexible and horny, tough, not readily broken or powdered, ..."

4. The British Pharmacopoeia by General Medical Council (Great Britain) (1885)
"... tragacanths. Mucilage of Tragacanth. Take of Tragacanth, in 1 fl0 ing or 12 tg powder . . J Distilled Water . 10 fluid ounces . . ,, . ..."

5. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck, Samuel Macauley Jackson (1909)
"... with stretches of tragacanths and shrubs. On the lower slopes vineyards are numerous, at least on the western and southern sides. ..."

6. Flora Medica; a Botanical Account of All the More Important Plants Used in by John Lindley (1838)
"... says he met with a case of it called Gum Tragacanth and he reckons it among the false tragacanths. 570. ..."

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