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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tragacanth  \Trag"a*canth\,  n.  [L.  tragacanthum  tragacanth, 
  tragacantha  the  plant  producing  tragacanth,  Gr  ?  ?  a  he-goat 
  +  ?  a  thorn:  cf  F.  tragacanthe.] 
  A  kind  of  gum  procured  from  a  spiny  leguminous  shrub 
  ({Astragalus  gummifer})  of  Western  Asia,  and  other  species  of 
  Astragalus.  It  comes  in  hard  whitish  or  yellowish  flakes  or 
  filaments,  and  is  nearly  insoluble  in  water,  but  slowly 
  swells  into  a  mucilaginous  mass,  which  is  used  as  a 
  substitute  for  gum  arabic  in  medicine  and  the  arts.  Called 
  also  {gum  tragacanth}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Dracanth  \Dra"canth\,  n. 
  A  kind  of  gum;  --  called  also  {gum  tragacanth},  or 
  {tragacanth}.  See  {Tragacanth}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tragacanth 
  n  :  a  gum  used  in  pharmacy,  adhesives,  and  textile  printing 




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