plant gum
31gum ammoniac — gum′ ammo′niac n. pln an acrid gum resin derived from a W Asian plant, Dorema ammoniacum, used chiefly in porcelain ceramics Also called ammoniac 1) …
32Plant — For other uses, see Plant (disambiguation). Plants Temporal range: Early Cambrian to recent, but see text, 520–0 Ma …
33gum ammoniac — noun the aromatic gum of the ammoniac plant • Syn: ↑ammoniac • Derivationally related forms: ↑ammoniac (for: ↑ammoniac), ↑ammoniacal (for: ↑ammoniac) …
34Gum industry — Two multi national companies, Wrigley and Cadbury, together account for some 60% market share of the world wide chewing gum market. The global market shares for the top 5 chewing gum companies are estimated to be:* 35% Wrigley Company (USA)… …
35gum — 1. The dried exuded sap from a number of trees and shrubs, forming an amorphous brittle mass; it usually forms a mucilaginous solution in water and is often used as a suspending agent in liquid preparations of insoluble drugs. [L. gummi] 2.… …
36Plant stem — Stem showing internode and nodes plus leaf petioles A stem is one of two main structural axes of a vascular plant. The stem is normally divided into nodes and internodes, the nodes hold buds which grow into one or more leaves, inflorescence… …
37Gum rockrose — taxobox name = Gum Rockrose regnum = Plantae unranked divisio = Angiosperms unranked classis = Eudicots unranked ordo = Rosids ordo = Malvales familia = Cistaceae genus = Cistus species = C. ladanifer binomial = Cistus ladanifer binomial… …
38gum — I [[t]gʌm[/t]] n. v. gummed, gum•ming 1) any of various viscid, amorphous exudations from plants, hardening on exposure to air and soluble in or forming a viscid mass with water 2) any of various similar exudations, as resin 3) pri a sticky,… …
39Gum ammoniac — Ammoniac Am*mo ni*ac(or Gum ammoniac Gum am*mo ni*ac, n. [L. Ammoniacum, Gr. ? a resinous gum, said to distill from a tree near the temple of Jupiter Ammon; cf. F. ammoniac. See {Ammonite}.] (Med.) The concrete juice (gum resin) of an… …
40gum plant — /ˈgʌm plænt/ (say gum plant) noun a plant of the genus Grindelia native to the western United States, covered with a viscid secretion …
