单词 | gum arabic |
释义 | gum arabicn. A water-soluble gum exuded by certain acacias (esp. Acacia senegal), used in the food and cosmetics industries and in glue and incense. Cf. acacia gum at acacia n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > other vegetable materials > plant resin > [noun] > gum (resin) > specific myrrheOE balsamc1000 galbanec1000 draganta1300 sandragon1334 gum arabica1350 storaxa1382 galbanum1382 asafœtidaa1398 cinnabara1398 guttaa1398 frankincensea1400 labdanuma1400 opopanaxa1400 gum-arabicc1400 sarcocolc1400 ammoniacc1420 gristle?1537 ladanum1551 dragon's blood1555 benzoin1558 styrax1558 tragacanth1558 gum tragacanth1562 amber1565 anime1577 laser1578 benjamin1580 sarcocolla1584 bdellium1585 sagapenum1597 liquidambar1598 red gum1614 gamboge1615 laudanum1616 gum ammoniac1627 male incense1647 sandarac1655 flesh-glue1659 adragant1696 dammar1698 sagapen1712 gum-dragon1718 courbaril1753 gum-senegal1760 Jew's frankincense1760 guggul1813 angico1821 gum-kino1830 butea gum1832 piney varnish1832 Kuteera gum1838 acaroid1839 bumbo1839 thus1842 gum-juniper1844 piney dammar1846 acacine1855 mochras1856 talha1857 copalm balsam1858 gum benjamin1859 wattle-gum1863 Senegal gum1867 Suakin1874 Barbary gum1875 oliva1882 ledon1885 jatoba1890 mimosa gum1890 xylan1894 gum accroides1909 karaya1916 a1350 Recipe Painting in Archæol. Jrnl. (1844) 1 64 Tak gumme arabuk. c1450 Practica Phisicalia John of Burgundy in H. Schöffler Mittelengl. Medizinlit. (1919) 206 Þe powdyr off gumme arebycke. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique ii. xxxvii. 246 Adding thereto..gum arabeck, and tragacanth. 1735 J. Barrow Dict. Polygraphicum I. at China To make your paste of this powder, first dissolve an ounce of very white gum arabic in a pail of water. 1858 R. Hogg Veg. Kingdom 235 Jujube paste..should consist of gum arabic and sugar dissolved in a decoction of this fruit. 1949 Paper Making (Brit. Paper & Board Makers' Assoc.) (1950) xi. 174 Grades of gummings include..high-grade, thin rag paper with gum arabic as adhesive (for postage stamps). 1995 K. McCloud Techniques of Decorating (1998) 156/1 A commercial crackle medium can be used for a cracked paint effect, but gum arabic is an excellent substitute. Compounds gum arabic tree n. any of various gum-yielding acacias; (in later use) esp. Acacia senegal, a shrubby deciduous tree native chiefly to dry grassland and semi-desert habitats of northern Africa, which is the usual source of gum arabic. ΚΠ 1693 R. Huntingdon in J. Ray Coll. Curious Trav. II. vi. 91 The Acacia or Gum-Arabick Tree. 1764 R. K. Philp Dict. Med & Surg. Knowl. Acacia vera, or gum arabic tree, is found indigenous in every region of the African continent, though the particular variety that yields the gum..grows near the shores of the north and north-west of Africa. 1780 R. Weston Suppl. Eng. Flora 50 Mimosa... nilotica... Gum Arabic-tree. 1862 F. Frith et al. Egypt, Nubia, & Ethiopia 169 All the architrave stones..are joined together with large wooden cramps made of the wood of the gum-arabic tree, which is excessively hard and heavy. 1908 J. G. Lorimer Gazetteer Persian Gulf II. 883 Mounds thickly interspersed with gum Arabic trees. 1964 Geogr. Jrnl. 130 387 Unlike the high grade Acacia Senegal, the true gum Arabic tree, the bark [of A. seyal] does not require cutting, and the gum simply oozes out. 2010 Daily Trust (Abuja, Nigeria) (Nexis) 18 Apr. They will abandon the hard work in the bush of felling trees, and concentrate on multiplying their gum Arabic trees. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1350 |
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