Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The officinal name of tragacanth.
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Examples
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The timber is said to dye a fine blue, and the gum, which, exudes from wounds in the bark, bears a strong resemblance to that obtained from the _Astragalus tragacantha_, for which it might, no doubt, be substituted.
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The tragacanth of commerce is obtained from the A. tragacantha.
Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897
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Nitrate of potass, 1-1/2 oz. Mucilage of tragacantha, q.s. to make the whole into a stiff paste.
The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants George William Septimus Piesse 1851
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The paste used for filling these "ivory palaces whereby we are made glad," is composed of equal parts of grain musk, ambergris, seeds of the vanilla-pod, otto of roses, and orris powder, with enough gum acacia, or gum tragacantha, to work the whole together into a paste.
The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants George William Septimus Piesse 1851
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