TRAGACANTH
\tɹˈad͡ʒɐkˌanθ], \tɹˈadʒɐkˌanθ], \t_ɹ_ˈa_dʒ_ɐ_k_ˌa_n_θ]\
Definitions of TRAGACANTH
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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Powdered exudate from Astragalus gummifer and related plants. It forms gelatinous mass in water. Tragacanth is used as suspending agent, excipient or emulsifier in foods, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. It has also been used as a bulk-forming laxative.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William R. Warner
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A plant of the genus astragalus, goat's thorn; a kind of adhesive gum, obtained from the goat's thorn.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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The concrete juice or gum of several species of shrubby or herbaceous plants, abundant in Siberia, usually in the form of white or yellowish semi-transparent flakes, of great toughness.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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The concrete exuded juice of various species of Astragalus. It contains two principal constituents, bassorin or tragacanthin and a substance resembling arabin and soluble in water. T. is demulcent, but is chiefly used or imparting firmness to troches, etc., and for suspending heavy powders in mixtures. [Gr.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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