gum arabic
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Some of Senegal’s GGW agency projects do just that on a grand scale, like investing in gum arabic plantations for export. — Aryn Baker / Mbar Toubab, Time, "Can a 4,815-Mile Wall of Trees Help Curb Climate Change in Africa?," 12 Sep. 2019 The country is also the world’s biggest exporter of gum arabic, a sap that’s extracted from acacia trees and used in sodas and pharmaceuticals. — Mohammed Alamin And Mike Cohen | Bloomberg, Washington Post, "Why Protests Are Raging Against Sudan’s Leader," 6 Mar. 2019 And like the soft center of its confectionary cousin the gumdrop (also part of the class of candies called jellies), it is made of sugar, flavors, water and some form of thickener, such as gelatin, gum Arabic, or starch. — D. Lawrence Tarazano, Smithsonian, "The Patents and Trademarks Behind Jelly Beans," 13 Apr. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'gum arabic.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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gum arabic
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Medical Definition of gum arabic
— called also acacia, gum acacia
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