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单词 gum arabic
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gum arabicn.

Brit. /ˌɡʌm ˈarəbɪk/, U.S. /ˌɡəm ˈɛrəbɪk/
Forms: Middle English gome arabike, Middle English gumme arabic, Middle English gumme arabik, Middle English gumme arabuk, Middle English gumme arabyke, Middle English gumme arebycke, Middle English gummy arabic, 1500s gum arrabicke, 1500s–1600s gumme arabeck, 1500s–1600s gumme arabecke, 1500s–1700s gum arabeck, 1500s–1700s gum arabick, 1600s gum arabecke, 1600s gum arrabeck, 1600s gumm arrabeck, 1600s– gum arabic, 1800s gum aribeck. Also (esp. in gum arabic tree n. at Compounds) with capital initial in the second element.
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French gumme arabic; Latin gummi Arabicum.
Etymology: Partly (i) < Anglo-Norman gumme arabic, goume arabike (13th cent. or earlier; compare Middle French, French gomme arabique , attested from the early 15th cent.; < goume , gumme gum n.2 + arabic , arabike , arabique Arabic adj.1), and partly (ii) < post-classical Latin gummi Arabicum (from 13th cent. in British and continental sources; < gummi gum n.2 + Arabicum , neuter of Arabicus Arabic adj.1; compare post-classical Latin gumma Arabica (1363 in Chauliac; 15th cent. in a British glossarial source)). Compare Spanish goma arábica (c1250), Italian gomma arabica (1310).
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.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > other vegetable materials > plant resin > [noun] > gum (resin) > specific
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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.
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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).
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