gum
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～ grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty; "the old man had no teeth left and mumbled his food"
gum
— Noun
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～ any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying
gum arabic
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～ gum from an acacia tree; used as a thickener (especially in candies and pharmaceuticals)
gum acacia
— Noun
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～ gum from an acacia tree; used as a thickener (especially in candies and pharmaceuticals)
gum
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～ wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum
gum
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～ a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing
gum anime
— Noun
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～ any of various resins or oleoresins
gum albanum
— Noun
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～ a bitter aromatic gum resin that resembles asafetida
gum
— Noun
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～ cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive
gum dammar
— Noun
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～ any of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis; especially the amboyna pine
gum ammoniac
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～ the aromatic gum of the ammoniac plant
gum accroides
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～ an alcohol-soluble resin from Australian trees; used in varnishes and in manufacturing paper
gum benzoin
— Noun
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～ gum resin used especially in treating skin irritation
gum
— Noun
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～ any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum
gum elemi
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～ fragrant resin obtain from trees of the family Burseraceae and used as incense
gum butea
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～ dried juice of the dhak tree; used as an astringent
gum elastic
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～ 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
gum
— Noun
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～ the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth
gum ball
— Noun
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～ a ball of chewing gum with a coating of colored sugar
gum benjamin
— Noun
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～ gum resin used especially in treating skin irritation