Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A gum exuded by various African trees of the genus Acacia, especially A. senegal, used in the preparation of pills and emulsions and the manufacture of mucilage and candies and in general as a thickener and colloidal stabilizer. Also called acacia.
Wiktionary
- n. An edible substance taken from one of two species of sub-Saharan acacia trees. It is used in the food industry as a stabilizer (e.g. in soda, gumdrops and marshmallows) and in other industries including pharmaceuticals, paints and polishes.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. See under Gum.
- n. , a gum yielded mostly by several species of Acacia (chiefly A. vera and A. Arabica) growing in Africa and Southern Asia; -- called also
gum acacia . East Indian gum arabic comes from a tree of the Orange family which bears the elephant apple.
WordNet 3.0
- n. gum from an acacia tree; used as a thickener (especially in candies and pharmaceuticals)
Etymologies
- gum1 + Arabic. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The gum of the wild-cherry tree is equal to the gum arabic obtained in the shops, and may be used in all cases which call for the arabic gum.”
“This evening I was at Mrs. Dortch's when Willie came along and called me saying "here is Pa," I thought I heard him and ran out to the gate, when I reached there and asked Willie what he said, he answered "Only that I had some gum arabic for you.”
“Page 189 for worms, hives, diseases of the skin, fevers, &c. -- The gum of this tree will answer all the purposes for which gum arabic is used; it forms one of the best injections now in use for dysentary or flux.”
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Open List - Where's The Food? Additives
A place to list those ~things~ that manufacturers put in the "foods" we eat. As this list grows it will begin to look like a list from a supplier of chemicals, I predict.
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In The Colorhouse
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Words from "Pearls Before Breakfast"
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Printmaking Terms
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supermarket words
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