gum
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(verb) exude or from gum; of certain trees |
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Related Words: exudate, exude, ooze, ooze out, transude |
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(noun) any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying |
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Related Words: Bengal kino, agar, agar-agar, algin, alginic acid, ammoniac, balata, butea gum, butea kino, carrageenan, carrageenin, cherry-tree gum, chewing gum, chicle, chicle gum, conima, dragon's blood, eucalyptus gum, eucalyptus kino, euphorbium, exudate, frankincense, galbanum, ghatti, ghatti gum, guar gum, gum acacia, gum albanum, gum ammoniac, gum arabic, gum butea, gum eurphorbium, gum kino, gum olibanum, gum sangapenum, gutta balata, gutta-percha, karaya gum, kino, kino gum, lacquer, liquidambar, mesquite gum, mucilage, olibanum, opopanax, red gum, sangapenum, sterculia gum, sweet gum, tragacanth |
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(verb) grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty; of babies and old people |
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Synonyms: mumble |
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Related Words: chew, jaw, manducate, masticate |
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(noun) the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth |
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Synonyms: gingiva |
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Related Words: animal tissue |
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(noun) a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing |
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Synonyms: chewing gum |
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Related Words: bubble gum, confection, confectionery, gum ball, sweet |
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(noun) any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum |
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Synonyms: gum tree |
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Related Words: eucalypt, eucalyptus, eucalyptus tree, liquidambar, tree, tupelo, tupelo tree |
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(noun) wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum |
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Synonyms: gumwood |
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Related Words: hazelwood, red gum, satin walnut, sweet gum, wood |
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(noun) a strong liquid cement |
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Synonyms: glue, mucilage |
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Related Words: animal glue, casein glue, cement, fish glue, spirit gum |
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