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Gum-digger — Gum diggers were men and women who dug for kauri gum, a fossilised resin, in the old kauri fields of New Zealand at the end of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The gum was used mainly for varnish.The term may be a source for the nick … Wikipedia
Gum bichromate — is a 19th century photographic printing process based on the light sensitivity of dichromates. It is capable of rendering painterly images from photographic negatives. Gum printing is traditionally a multi layered printing process, but… … Wikipedia
High Eden — is an official subregion of the Eden Valley wine region within the Barossa zone in Australia.The High Eden wine region was entered in the Register of Protected Names on 28 August 2001.It is a somewhat oval shaped area in the western part of Eden… … Wikipedia
Gum Cistus — is a name applied to several members of the genus Cistus, particularly to C. ladanifer. They are small shrubs, up to 1m high native to Asia and Europe. They belong to the family Cistaceae and are commonly called Rock Roses. Many of the plants are … Wikipedia
gum — I. noun Etymology: Middle English gome, from Old English gōma palate; akin to Old High German guomo palate, and perhaps to Greek chaos abyss Date: before 12th century the tissue that surrounds the necks of teeth and covers the alveolar parts of… … New Collegiate Dictionary
gum boot — noun a high boot made of rubber • Syn: ↑rubber boot • Hypernyms: ↑boot * * * noun : rubber boot … Useful english dictionary
Guar gum — Guar gum, also called guaran, is a galactomannan. It is primarily the ground endosperm of guar beans. The guar seeds are dehusked, milled and screened to obtain the guar gum. [ [http://www.fao.org/ag/agn/jecfa additives/specs/monograph3/additive… … Wikipedia
Chewing gum ban in Singapore — The chewing gum ban in Singapore was enacted in 1992 and revised in 2004 and 2010[1]. It bans the import and sale of chewing gum in Singapore. Since 2004, only chewing gum of therapeutic value is allowed into Singapore following the United States … Wikipedia
Xanthan gum — is a polysaccharide used as a food additive and rheology modifier Harv|Davidson ch. 24. It is produced by a process involving fermentation of glucose or sucrose by the Xanthomonas campestris bacterium. Chemical structureThe backbone of the… … Wikipedia
Chewing gum — For other uses, see Chewing gum (disambiguation). Many types of North American chewing gum from 2009. Chewing gum is a type of gum traditionally made of chicle, a natural latex product, or synthetic rubber known as polyisobutylene. For economical … Wikipedia
