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Gums & Resins

A list of 167 words by mollusque.

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Naturally occurring gums and resins.

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  • bilby Gosh, I was distracted by the red papular eruption of infants. Mar 5, 2011

  • hernesheir You might investigate the Century Dictionary's 2nd definition of red-gum. Mar 5, 2011

  • ruzuzu You know, I wondered--I saw that you were the first person to list accroides gum and that you hadn't listed it here... and I knew gum arabic was a pretty common one.

    Well, okay--I'll keep looking! :-) Jan 19, 2011

  • mollusque Hi ruzuzu, I was sticking with mononyms, so accroides is listed, arabic isn't as it doesn't stand alone as the name of a gum. Jan 18, 2011

  • ruzuzu What about gum arabic?
    And acaroid resin (also spelled accaroid resin)?

    Edit: Apparently acaroid resin is also called accroides gum, or gum accroides. Jan 18, 2011

  • mollusque Thanks, hernesheir, but these don't quite fit the list. Gaub seems to be the name of the fruit, not its gum, and pounce can be made of powdered gum, but isn't always. Dec 11, 2010

  • hernesheir pounce, pounce-powder - pulverized juniper gum. Dec 11, 2010

  • hernesheir gaub? Dec 11, 2010

  • ruzuzu You're thinking of Gums & Rosins. Sep 29, 2010

  • thtownse Isn't this a band from the eighties? Sep 29, 2010

  • hernesheir Affenhaar is a term German paleobotanists applied colloquially to mats and "sleeves" of preserved latex strands and tubules from fossilized plant remains found in Eocene lignites.

    See this abstract of an article discussing Affenhaar. Sep 26, 2010

  • hernesheir Cool list, Moll!

    "What this man brought in a cotton sack
    Was gum, the gum of the mountain spruce.
    He showed my lumps of the scented stuff
    Like uncut jewels, dull and rough.
    It comes to market golden brown;
    But turns to pink between the teeth."

    From Robert Frost's The Gum Gatherer. Sep 26, 2010

  • mollusque Thanks ruzuzu. I forgot to mention in the list description that I tagged the fossil resins. Sep 22, 2010

  • ruzuzu *favorited* Sep 22, 2010