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Saturday, July 19th, 2025
the Week of Proper 10 / Ordinary 15
the Week of Proper 10 / Ordinary 15
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Tragacanth
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(n.) 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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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Tragacanth'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/t/tragacanth.html. 1828.
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Tragacanth'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/t/tragacanth.html. 1828.
