English-Thai Dictionary
tragacanth
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
TRAGACANTH
n.[L. tragacanthum; Gr. a goat, and thorn. ] 1. Goat's thorn; a plant of the genus Astragalus, of several species, growing in Syria, Candia, etc. almost all of which were included by Linne in the tragacanthas, and all of which produce the gum tragacanth.
2. A gum obtained from the goat's thorn. It comes in small contorted pieces resembling worms. It is of different colors; that which is white, clear, smooth and vermicular, is the best. It is somewhat soft to the touch, but only imperfectly soluble. It is softening, and used in coughs and catarrhs.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
TRAGACANTH
Trag "a *canth, n. Etym: [L. tragacanthum tragacanth, tragacantha the plant producing tragacanth, Gr. tragacanthe.]
Defn: 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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
tragacanth
trag a canth |ˈtragəˌkanTH, ˈtraj- ˈtræʤəkænθ |(also gum tragacanth ) ▶noun a white or reddish plant gum used in the food, textile, and pharmaceutical industries. [This gum is obtained from plants of the genus Astragalus, family Leguminosae, in particular the Eurasian A. gummifer. ] ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French tragacante, via Latin from Greek tragakantha ‘goat's thorn, ’ from tragos ‘goat ’ (because it is browsed by goats ) + akantha ‘thorn ’ (referring to the shrub's spines ).
Oxford Dictionary
tragacanth
tragacanth |ˈtragəkanθ |(also gum tragacanth ) ▶noun [ mass noun ] a white or reddish plant gum, used in the food, textile, and pharmaceutical industries. ●This gum is obtained from plants of the genus Astragalus, family Leguminosae, in particular the Eurasian A. gummifer. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French tragacante, via Latin from Greek tragakantha ‘goat's thorn ’, from tragos ‘goat ’ (because it is browsed by goats ) + akantha ‘thorn ’ (referring to the shrub's spines ).
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