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PLANT GUM [2 records]

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Record 1 2016-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
Symphytum peregrinum
Latin
OBS

It is a hardy, herbaceous, perennial that grows from 3-4 feet high. Leaves are 5 inches wide by 12 inches long, and are covered on the top surface by many short hairy bristles.

OBS

healing herb, blackwort, bruisewort, wallwort, gum plant: common names also used when referring to the species Symphytum officinale.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Symphytum peregrinum
Latin

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
  • Food Additives
DEF

A colloidal, amorphous, water-soluble substance of glucidic nature. Insoluble in alcohol. Produced by some trees (Leguminoseae, Sterculiaceae) and used mainly as an emulsifying or stabilizing agent.

OBS

Gums are distinguished from resins by being water-soluble and are easily represented by chemical formulae.

Key term(s)
  • resin
  • vegetable gum
  • true plant gum

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
  • Additifs alimentaires
DEF

Matière amorphe provenant de la sève de certains arbres, soluble dans l'eau ou gonflant à son contact, insoluble dans l'alcool. [Définition normalisée par l'AFNOR et reproduite avec son autorisation.]

OBS

Les gommes sont solubles dans l'eau et peuvent facilement, en tant que composés, être représentées par des formules chimiques : cela suffit en général à les distinguer des résines.

OBS

gomme : terme normalisé par l'AFNOR.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Química
  • Aditivos alimentarios
DEF

Productos vegetales que con el agua dan disoluciones coloidales que se pueden usar para pegar.

OBS

Producto que se obtiene del látex de algunas euforbiáceas, apocináceas o moráceas.

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