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    GUM ACACIA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Gum from an acacia tree; used as a thickener (especially in candies and pharmaceuticals)play

    Synonyms:

    gum acacia; gum arabic

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    Nouns denoting substances

    Hypernyms ("gum acacia" is a kind of...):

    gum (any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gum acacia"):

    Senegal gum (gum arabic from the vicinity of the Senegal river)

    Holonyms ("gum acacia" is a substance of...):

    acacia (any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia)

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