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A gummy liquor that exudes from embalmed flesh when heated; -- formerly supposed to have magical and medicinal properties.
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Pertaining to, or designating, a conjugate acid (called taurocholic acid) composed of taurine and cholic acid, present abundantly in human bile and in that of carnivora. It is exceedingly deliquescent, and hence appears generally as a thick, gummy mass, easily soluble in water and alcohol. It has a bitter taste.
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Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, saccharine substances; specifically, designating an acid obtained, as a white amorphous gummy mass, by the oxidation of mannite, glucose, sucrose, etc.
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A triacid alcohol, related to glycerin, and obtained from certain styryl derivatives as a yellow, gummy, amorphous substance; -- called also phenyl glycerin.
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Consisting of gum; viscous; adhesive; producing or containing gum; covered with gum or a substance resembling gum.
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A cloth smeared with melted wax, or with some gummy or glutinous matter.
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A gummy mucilaginous substance; -- called also bassorin, tragacanthin, etc.
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Of or pertaining to a gumma.
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A yellow amorphous mineral, essentially a hydrated oxide of uranium derived from the alteration of uraninite.
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A kind of gum procured from a spiny leguminous shrub (Astragalus gummifer) of Western Asia, and other species of Astragalus. It comes in hard whitish or yellowish flakes or filaments, and is nearly insoluble in water, but slowly swells into a mucilaginous mass, which is used as a substitute for gum arabic in medicine and the arts. Called also gum tragacanth.
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The material upon which the ancient Egyptians wrote. It was formed by cutting the stem of the plant into thin longitudinal slices, which were gummed together and pressed.
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A gummy or mucilaginous tasteless substance obtained from the marigold or calendula, and analogous to bassorin.
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A tenacious, elastic, gummy substance obtained from the milky sap of several plants of tropical South America (esp. the euphorbiaceous tree Siphonia elastica or Hevea caoutchouc), Asia, and Africa. Being impermeable to liquids and gases, and not readly affected by exposure to air, acids, and alkalies, it is used, especially when vulcanized, for many purposes in the arts and in manufactures. Also called India rubber (because it was first brought from India, and was formerly used chiefly for erasing pencil marks) and gum elastic. See Vulcanization.
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Gumminess; a viscous or adhesive quality or nature.
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A gummy or gelatinous substance produced in certain plants by the action of water on the cell wall, as in the seeds of quinces, of flax, etc.
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Belonging to, or resembling, gumma.
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A red, gummy, coloring matter, extracted from the colorless juice of the Otaheite chestnut (Inocarpus edulis).
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The state or quality of being gummy; viscousness.
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Gumlike, or composed of gum; gummy.
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