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Noun gum has 6 senses
- chewing gum, gum - a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing
--1 is a kind of sweet, confection, confectionery
--1 has particulars: gum ball; bubble gum
- gingiva, gum - the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth
--2 is a kind of animal tissue
--2 is a part of mouth, oral cavity, oral fissure, rima oris
- gum - any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying
--3 is a kind of exudate, exudation
--3 has particulars: | | sweet gum, liquidambar; eucalyptus gum, eucalyptus kino, red gum; balata, gutta balata; ammoniac, gum ammoniac; carrageenin, carrageenan; conima; dragon's blood; euphorbium, gum eurphorbium; frankincense, olibanum, gum olibanum, thus; galbanum, gum albanum; ghatti, ghatti gum; agar, agar-agar; algin, alginic acid; cherry-tree gum; chicle, chicle gum; chewing gum; guar gum; gum arabic, gum acacia; gum butea, butea gum, butea kino, Bengal kino; kino, gum kino, kino gum; mesquite gum; mucilage; sterculia gum, karaya gum; gutta-percha; lacquer; opopanax; sangapenum, gum sangapenum; tragacanth |
- glue, gum, mucilage - cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive
--4 is a kind of cement
--4 has particulars: animal glue; casein glue; fish glue; marine glue
- gumwood, gum - wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum
--5 is a kind of wood
--5 is a substance of gum tree, gum
--5 has particulars: sweet gum, satin walnut, hazelwood, red gum
- gum tree, gum - any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum
--6 is a kind of tree
--6 has substances: gumwood, gum
--6 has particulars:
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