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- English Word Gum Definition See Gum tree, below.
- English Word Gum Definition A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any roughly made hive; also, a vessel or bin made of a hollow log.
- English Word Gum Definition A rubber overshoe.
- English Word Gum Definition To smear with gum; to close with gum; to unite or stiffen by gum or a gumlike substance; to make sticky with a gumlike substance.
- English Word Gum Definition To exude or from gum; to become gummy.
- English Word Gum ammoniac Definition The concrete juice (gum resin) of an umbelliferous plant, the Dorema ammoniacum. It is brought chiefly from Persia in the form of yellowish tears, which occur singly, or are aggregated into masses. It has a peculiar smell, and a nauseous, sweet taste, followed by a bitter one. It is inflammable, partially soluble in water and in spirit of wine, and is used in medicine as an expectorant and resolvent, and for the formation of certain plasters.
- English Word Gumbo Definition A soup thickened with the mucilaginous pods of the okra; okra soup.
- English Word Gumbo Definition The okra plant or its pods.
- English Word Gumboil Definition A small suppurting inflamed spot on the gum.
- English Word Gumma Definition A kind of soft tumor, usually of syphilitic origin.
- English Word Gummata Definition of Gumma
- English Word Gummatous Definition Belonging to, or resembling, gumma.
- English Word Gummed Definition of Gum
- English Word Gummer Definition A punch-cutting tool, or machine for deepening and enlarging the spaces between the teeth of a worn saw.
- English Word Gummiferous Definition Producing gum; gum-bearing.
- English Word Gumminess Definition The state or quality of being gummy; viscousness.
- English Word Gumming Definition of Gum
- English Word Gummite Definition A yellow amorphous mineral, essentially a hydrated oxide of uranium derived from the alteration of uraninite.
- English Word Gummosity Definition Gumminess; a viscous or adhesive quality or nature.
- English Word Gummous Definition Gumlike, or composed of gum; gummy.