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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A gum (C6H10O5) insoluble in water, the essential constituent of gum tragacanth and of cherry and plum gums. Also called traganthin and adraganthin.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) A constituent part of a species of gum from Bassora, as also of gum tragacanth and some gum resins. It is one of the amyloses.

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  • noun organic chemistry An amylose that is a constituent part of a species of gum from Bassora, tragacanth, and some gum resins.

Etymologies

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Bassora +‎ -in

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