trag|a|canth

trag|a|canth
trag|a|canth «TRAG uh kanth», noun.
1. a sticky substance obtained from certain Old-World shrubs or herbs of the pea family, used for stiffening cloth and for giving firmness to pills and lozenges; gum tragacanth.
2. any one of these shrubs.
[< Latin tragacantha < Greek tragákantha (literally) goat's-thorn < trágos goat + ákantha thorn]

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