Acacia vs. Tragacanth

Acacianoun

(countable) A shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae.

Acacianoun

The thickened or dried juice of several species in Acacieae, in particular Vachellia nilotica (syn. Acacia nilotica), the Egyptian acacia.

Acacianoun

A false acacia; robinia tree, Robinia pseudoacacia.

Acacianoun

(uncountable) Gum arabic; gum acacia.

Acacianoun

(loosely) Any of several related trees, such as the locust tree.

Acacianoun

A light to moderate greenish yellow with a hint of red.E3D733

Acacianoun

A roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors, as a memento of mortality. It is represented on medals.

Acacianoun

A roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors, as a memento of mortality. It is represented on medals.

Acacianoun

A genus of leguminous trees and shrubs. Nearly 300 species are Australian or Polynesian, and have terete or vertically compressed leaf stalks, instead of the bipinnate leaves of the much fewer species of America, Africa, etc. Very few are found in temperate climates.

Acacianoun

The inspissated juice of several species of acacia; - called also gum acacia, and gum arabic.

Acacianoun

any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia

Acacia

Acacia, commonly known as the wattles or acacias, is a large genus of shrubs and trees in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the pea family Fabaceae. Initially, it comprised a group of plant species native to Africa and Australasia, but it has now been limited to contain only the Australasian species.

Tragacanthnoun

A polysaccharide gum, extracted from several species of leguminous plants of the genus Astragalus, formerly used medicinally and now as a food additive. Also more fully gum tragacanth.

Tragacanthnoun

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.

Tragacanthnoun

a gum used in pharmacy, adhesives, and textile printing

Tragacanth

Tragacanth is a natural gum obtained from the dried sap of several species of Middle Eastern legumes of the genus Astragalus, including A. adscendens, A. gummifer, A. brachycalyx, and A. tragacantha. Some of these species are known collectively under the common names and .