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Definition of Tragacanths
1. tragacanth [n] - See also: tragacanth
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tragacanths
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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