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trag·a·canth

n :  a gum obtained from various Asian or East European leguminous plants (genus Astragalus and esp. A. gummifer) that swells in water and is used as an emulsifying, suspending, and thickening agent and as a demulcent - called also gum tragacanth , og gum  .
 
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