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adragant

adragant noun: gum tragacanth.

Noun

adragant (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Gum tragacanth.
    • From the second Sort Monsieur Tournefort says, the Gum Adragant or Dragon is produced in Crete; of which he gives the following Relation in his Voyage to the Levant :
      “We had (says he) the Satisfaction
      “of fully observing the Gum
      “Adragant […]1741, Philip Miller, The Gardener's Dictionary
    • 3. Gum adragant.—The gum adragant […] flows from the adragant of Crete, a small shrub […]1800, Jean-Antoine-Claude Chaptal, translated by W. Nicholson, Elements of Chemistry ... Translated from the French. The third edition, page 39

Origin of adragant

From French, a corruption of tragacanth. Doublet of tragacanth.

Questions about adragant

What does adragant mean?
Adragant means gum tragacanth.
What part of speech is adragant?
Adragant is a noun.

Words near adragant in the dictionary

  1. adraces
  2. adrad
  3. adradial
  4. adradially
  5. adrafinil
  6. adragant
  7. Adragna
  8. Adragnas
  9. Adragon
  10. adragonist
  11. adragonists

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