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单词 gum arabic tree
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gum arabic tree
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.
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