gum : Idioms & Phrases

• noun an alcohol-soluble resin from Australian trees; used in varnishes and in manufacturing paper
  accroides; accaroid resin; accroides gum; accroides resin; acaroid resin.
  

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• noun a North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap
  sweet gum; Liquidambar styraciflua; American sweet gum; red gum; bilsted.
  

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• noun columnar tree of eastern North America having horizontal limbs and small leaves that emerge late in spring and have brilliant color in early fall
  black gum; pepperidge; Nyssa sylvatica.
  
• noun a small mallee with rough dark-colored bark toward the butt; yields a red eucalyptus kino gum
  black mallee; black sally; Eucalytus stellulata.
  

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• (Bot.), an American tree, the tupelo or pepperidge. See Tupelo.

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• See under Black, Blue, etc.

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• noun tall fast-growing timber tree with leaves containing a medicinal oil; young leaves are bluish
  fever tree; Eucalyptus globulus.
  

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• an Australian myrtaceous tree (Eucalyptus globulus), of the loftiest proportions, now cultivated in tropical and warm temperate regions for its timber, and as a protection against malaria. The essential oil is beginning to be used in medicine. The timber is very useful. See Eucalyptus.

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• a brownish substance, very soluble in cold water, formed by heating dry starch at a temperature of about 600° Fahr. It corresponds, in its properties, to dextrin, and is used, in solution, as a substitute for gum in stiffering goods.

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• noun a kind of chewing gum that can be blown into bubbles
  

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• noun an allergic contact dermatitis developed around the lips of children who chew bubble gum
  

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• noun dried juice of the dhak tree; used as an astringent
  butea kino; Bengal kino; butea gum.
  

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• noun exudation from trees of the Prunus genus; resembles gum arabic
  

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• noun a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing
  gum.
  

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• noun gum-like substance from the sapodilla
  chicle.
  

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• noun small to medium-sized tree of Tasmania
  Eucalypt gunnii.
  

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• noun shrub having white flowers and viscid stems and leaves yielding a fragrant oleoresin used in perfumes especially as a fixative
  Cistus ladanifer; Cistus ladanum.
  

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• noun copal found usually as a fossil
  congo copal.
  

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• noun reddish-brown dried gummy exudation from any of several trees of the genus Eucalyptus especially Eucalyptus camaldulensis
  eucalyptus kino; eucalyptus gum.
  

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• noun any of several Australian gum trees growing on moist or alluvial soil
  

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• noun tall tree of Queensland and New South Wales and Victoria
  Eucalypt tereticornis.
  

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• noun an Indian gum from the dhawa tree; used as a substitute for gum arabic
  ghatti.
  

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• noun small to medium-sized tree of Australia and Tasmania having smooth white to light-grey bark shedding in patches or strips
  white ash; ghost gum; Eucalyptus coriacea; Eucalyptus pauciflora.
  

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• noun a gum from seeds of the guar plant; used to thicken foods and as sizing for paper and cloth
  

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• noun gum from an acacia tree; used as a thickener (especially in candies and pharmaceuticals)
  gum acacia.
  

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• the resinous gum of the Australian grass tree (Xanlhorrhoea).

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• noun an alcohol-soluble resin from Australian trees; used in varnishes and in manufacturing paper
  accroides; accaroid resin; accroides gum; accroides resin; acaroid resin.
  

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• noun a bitter aromatic gum resin that resembles asafetida
  galbanum.
  

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• noun the aromatic gum of the ammoniac plant
  ammoniac.
  

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Am*mo"ni*ac, Am`mo*ni"a*cal adjective (Also<

• Ammoniac
• Ammoniacal

)

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1. Of or pertaining to ammonia, or possessing its properties; as, an ammoniac salt; ammoniacal gas.

Am*mo"ni*ac, Gum` am*mo"ni*ac noun (Also<

• Ammoniac
• Gum ammoniac

)

Etymology

L. Ammoniacum, Gr. a resinous gum, said to distill from a tree near the temple of Jupiter Ammon; cf. F. ammoniac. See Ammonite.

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1. (Med.) The concrete juice (gum resin) of an umbelliferous plant, the Dorema ammoniacum. It is brought chiefly from Persia in the form of yellowish tears, which occur singly, or are aggregated into masses. It has a peculiar smell, and a nauseous, sweet taste, followed by a bitter one. It is inflammable, partially soluble in water and in spirit of wine, and is used in medicine as an expectorant and resolvent, and for the formation of certain plasters.

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• (Zoöl.), the galago of West Africa; so called because it feeds on gums. See Galago.

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• noun any of various resins or oleoresins
  anime.
  

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• . See Animé.

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• noun gum from an acacia tree; used as a thickener (especially in candies and pharmaceuticals)
  gum acacia.
  

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• , a gum yielded mostly by several species of Acacia (chiefly A. vera and A. Arabica) growing in Africa and Southern Asia; called also gum acacia. East Indian gum arabic comes from a tree of the Orange family which bears the elephant apple.

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• noun a ball of chewing gum with a coating of colored sugar
  

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• noun gum resin used especially in treating skin irritation
  benjamin; gum benjamin; benzoin; asa dulcis.
  

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• noun gum resin used especially in treating skin irritation
  benjamin; gum benjamin; benzoin; asa dulcis.
  

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• noun a high boot made of rubber
  rubber boot.
  

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• noun dried juice of the dhak tree; used as an astringent
  butea kino; Bengal kino; butea gum.
  

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• a gum yielded by the Indian plants Butea frondosa and B. superba, and used locally in tanning and in precipitating indigo.

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• a plant of the genus Cistus (Cistus ladaniferus), a species of rock rose.

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• noun any of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis; especially the amboyna pine
  dammar resin; damar; dammar.
  

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• . See Tragacanth.

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• noun an elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products
  rubber; caoutchouc; natural rubber; India rubber.
  

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• . See Caoutchouc.

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• noun fragrant resin obtain from trees of the family Burseraceae and used as incense
  elemi.
  

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• . See Elemi.

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• noun an acrid brown gum resin now used mainly in veterinary medicine
  euphorbium.
  

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• . See Sandarac.

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• noun a gum obtained from various tropical plants; used as an astringent and in tanning
  kino; gum kino.
  

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• . See under Kino.

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• noun a dark brown to greenish oleoresin that has a fragrant odor and is used as a fixative in perfumes; obtained as a juice from certain rockroses
  labdanum.
  

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• . See Lac.

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• , a fragrant gum yielded by several Oriental species of Cistus or rock rose.

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• noun aromatic resin that is burned as incense and used in perfume
  myrrh; sweet cicely.
  

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• noun an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation
  frankincense; thus; olibanum.
  

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• sap receptacles extending through the parenchyma of certain plants (Amygdalaceæ, Cactaceæ, etc.), and affording passage for gum.

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• noun any of various western American plants of the genus Grindelia having resinous leaves and stems formerly used medicinally; often poisonous to livestock
  rosinweed; gumweed; tarweed.
  

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• , a varnish maker's utensil for melting gum and mixing other ingredients.

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• (Med.), strophulus in a teething child; red gum.

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• noun a mixture of resin and gum
  

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• the milky juice of a plant solidified by exposure to air; one of certain inspissated saps, mixtures of, or having properties of, gum and resin; a resin containing more or less mucilaginous and gummy matter.

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• noun a ridge that forms the borders of the upper and lower jaws and contains the sockets of the teeth
  alveolar process; alveolar ridge.
  

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• . See Sandarac.

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• noun a variety of gum
  sangapenum.
  

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• , a gum similar to gum arabic, yielded by trees (Acacia Verek and A. Adansoniä) growing in the Senegal country, West Africa.

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• a smooth hard substance for children to bite upon while teething.

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• noun obtained from conifers (especially pines)
  turpentine.
  

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• . See Tragacanth.

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• noun any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum
  gum.
  

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• the name given to several trees in America and Australia : (a) The black gum (Nyssa multiflora), one of the largest trees of the Southern States, bearing a small blue fruit, the favorite food of the opossum. Most of the large trees become hollow. (b) A tree of the genus Eucalyptus. See Eucalpytus. (c) The sweet gum tree of the United States (Liquidambar styraciflua), a large and beautiful tree with pointedly lobed leaves and woody burlike fruit. It exudes an aromatic terebinthine juice.

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• verb stick together as if with gum
  
  • the inside of the pipe has gummed up

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• a solution of gum, esp. of gum arabic, in water.

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• the wood of any gum tree, esp. the wood of the Eucalyptus piperita, of New South Wales.

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• noun an inferior lac produced by lac insects in Madagascar
  

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• adjective satellite resembling chewing gum
  

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• noun an adhesive label
  sticker; paster.
  

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• (Bot.), West Indian tree (Symphonia globulifera), yielding an aromatic gum.

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• noun exudate of an Asian tree; used for finishing textiles and to thicken foodstuffs and cosmetics
  karaya gum.
  

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• noun resin of the kauri trees of New Zealand; found usually as a fossil; also collected for making varnishes and linoleum
  kauri copal; kauri; kauri resin.
  

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• noun a gum obtained from various tropical plants; used as an astringent and in tanning
  kino; gum kino.
  
• noun reddish or black juice or resin from certain trees of the genus Pterocarpus and used in medicine and tanning etc
  East India kino; Malabar kino.
  

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• (Bot.), an American tree (Nyssa uniflora) with softer wood than the tupelo.

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• noun similar to but smaller than the spotted gum and having lemon-scented leaves
  Eucalyptus citriodora; Eucalyptus maculata citriodora.
  

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• noun tall tree yielding a false manna
  Eucalyptus viminalis.
  

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• noun a gum obtained from mesquite pods; resembles gum arabic
  

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• noun medium-sized swamp gum of New South Wales and Victoria
  Eucalyptus camphora.
  

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• noun red gum tree of Tasmania
  Eucalyptus amygdalina; peppermint gum; peppermint.
  

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• noun reddish-brown dried gummy exudation from any of several trees of the genus Eucalyptus especially Eucalyptus camaldulensis
  eucalyptus kino; eucalyptus gum.
  
• noun very large red gum tree
  Eucalyptus calophylla; marri.
  
• noun red gum tree of Tasmania
  Eucalyptus amygdalina; peppermint gum; peppermint.
  
• noun reddish-brown wood and lumber from heartwood of the sweet gum tree used to make furniture
  hazelwood; red gum; satin walnut.
  
• noun a North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap
  sweet gum; Liquidambar styraciflua; American sweet gum; red gum; bilsted.
  

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• (Bot.), a name given to eight Australian species of Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus amygdalina, resinifera, etc.) which yield a reddish gum resin. See Eucalyptus.

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Red"-gum` noun

Etymology

OE. reed gounde; AS. reád red + gund matter, pus.

Definitions

1. (Med.) An eruption of red pimples upon the face, neck, and arms, in early infancy; tooth rash; strophulus. Good.
2. A name of rust on grain. See Rust.

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• noun somewhat crooked red gum tree growing chiefly along rivers; has durable reddish lumber used in heavy construction
  river gum; Eucalyptus rostrata; Eucalyptus camaldulensis.
  

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• noun somewhat crooked red gum tree growing chiefly along rivers; has durable reddish lumber used in heavy construction
  river gum; Eucalyptus rostrata; Eucalyptus camaldulensis.
  

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• noun very tall tree of Queensland and New South Wales
  Eucalypt grandis.
  

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• noun gum arabic from the vicinity of the Senegal river
  

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• noun small to medium-sized tree of Australia and Tasmania having smooth white to light-grey bark shedding in patches or strips
  white ash; ghost gum; Eucalyptus coriacea; Eucalyptus pauciflora.
  

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• noun acidulous gum resin of the creosote bush
  

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• noun columnar tree of eastern North America having horizontal limbs and small leaves that emerge late in spring and have brilliant color in early fall
  black gum; pepperidge; Nyssa sylvatica.
  

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• (Bot.) See Turelo.

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• noun a family of dicotyledonous trees of order Myrtales that includes the sour gum trees
  family Nyssaceae; tupelo family; Nyssaceae.
  

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• noun an adhesive solution made of gum and ether and used to attach false hair to skin
  

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• noun large gum tree with mottled bark
  Eucalyptus maculata.
  

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• noun exudate of an Asian tree; used for finishing textiles and to thicken foodstuffs and cosmetics
  karaya gum.
  

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• noun medium-sized tree of southern Australia
  Eucalypt ovata.
  

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• noun reddish-brown wood and lumber from heartwood of the sweet gum tree used to make furniture
  hazelwood; red gum; satin walnut.
  
• noun aromatic exudate from the sweet gum tree
  liquidambar.
  
• noun a North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap
  sweet gum; Liquidambar styraciflua; American sweet gum; red gum; bilsted.
  

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• (Bot.), an American tree (Liquidambar styraciflua). See Liquidambar.

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• noun a North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap
  sweet gum; Liquidambar styraciflua; American sweet gum; red gum; bilsted.
  

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• noun columnar swamp tree of southeastern to midwestern North America yielding pale soft easily worked wood
  Nyssa aquatica.
  

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