英语词汇“tragacanth”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

trag·a·canth

(trăgə-kănth′, trăj-)

1. Any of several spiny Asian shrubs of the genus Astragalus of the pea family, especially A. gummifer, of the Middle East, yielding a gum used in pharmaceuticals, adhesives, and textile printing, and as an emulsifier and thickener in foods.

2. The gum of any of these plants.

[Latin tragacantha, from Greek tragakantha : tragos, goat (probably from the resemblance of the drops of hardened gum to tiny goat horns in shape, color, and texture when they are collected off the plant); see TRAGIC + akantha, thorn, spine.]

单词	tragacanth
释义	trag·a·canth (trăgə-kănth′, trăj-) n. 1. Any of several spiny Asian shrubs of the genus Astragalus of the pea family, especially A. gummifer, of the Middle East, yielding a gum used in pharmaceuticals, adhesives, and textile printing, and as an emulsifier and thickener in foods. 2. The gum of any of these plants. [Latin tragacantha, from Greek tragakantha : tragos, goat (probably from the resemblance of the drops of hardened gum to tiny goat horns in shape, color, and texture when they are collected off the plant); see TRAGIC + akantha, thorn, spine.]
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