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gum butea

gum butea noun: a gum yielded by Indian plants in the genus Butea, used in tanning and in precipitating indigo.

Noun

gum butea (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) A gum yielded by Indian plants in the genus Butea, used in tanning and in precipitating indigo.
    Synonyms:
    Butea gum, Bengal kino

Synonyms of gum butea

  • Butea gum
  • Bengal kino

Questions about gum butea

What does gum butea mean?
Gum butea means a gum yielded by Indian plants in the genus Butea, used in tanning and in precipitating indigo.
What part of speech is gum butea?
Gum butea is a noun.

Words near gum butea in the dictionary

  1. gum ammoniac
  2. gum arabic
  3. gum Benjamin
  4. gum boot
  5. gum boots
  6. gum butea
  7. gum cistus
  8. gum cistuses
  9. gum coolibah
  10. gum coolibahs
  11. gum dammar

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