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Definition: Tragacanth |
TragacanthNoun1. A gum used in pharmacy, adhesives, and textile printing. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Powdered exudate from Astragalus gummifer and related plants. It forms gelatinous mass in water. Tragacanth is used as suspending agent, excipient or emulsifier in foods, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. It has also been used as a bulk-forming laxative. (references) |
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Crosswords: Tragacanth |
| English words defined with "tragacanth": Adragant ♦ Bassorin ♦ Dracanth, Dragantine ♦ Gum dragon. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "tragacanth": Adragant. (references) |
Expression using "tragacanth": Gum tragacanth. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
tragacanth gum | 15 |
tragacanth | 4 |
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| Language | Translations for "tragacanth"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | tragantbusk, tragacanth, E413. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | traganth gom, tragantgom, tragacantgom, Perzische gom, E413, Astragalus gummifer. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | کتیرا(گ.ش.). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | traganttipensas, tragantti (E413), E 413 (E413). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | tragacanthe, gummi tragantha, gomme adragante, E413, astragale gomme adragante. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Traganth (E413), Tragant, Stragel, E413 (E413). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | τραγάκανθα. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | gomma adragante (E413), E413 (E413), dragante, adragante. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | agacanthtray goma adragante,tragacante (E413), E413 L (E413). (various references) tragacanto (E413), goma adragante (E413), E413 (E413). (various references) tragantbuske, tragakant (E413), E 413 (E413), dragant (E413). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Astragalus gummifer. (various references) |
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Words beginning with "tragacanth": tragacanths. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-g-h-n-r-t-t" | |
-3 letters: ataghan, cantata, tantara, tartana. | |
-4 letters: anarch, arcana, attach, hangar, rattan, tantra, tartan. | |
-5 letters: aargh, antra, arhat, attar, carat, chang, chant, chart, garth, grana, grant, natch, ranch, ratan, ratch, tatar, tract. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-a-c-g-h-n-r-t-t" | |
+1 letter: tragacanths. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 72 61 67 61 63 61 6E 74 68 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)- .-. .- --. .- -.-. .- -. - .... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01110010 01100001 01100111 01100001 01100011 01100001 01101110 01110100 01101000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T r a g a c a n t h |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0072 0061 0067 0061 0063 0061 006E 0074 0068 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)54846773676967808674 |
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