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adragant
† adragant Obs. [a. Fr. adragant(e a popular corruption of tragacanthe] = tragacanth.1725 Bradley Fam. Dict. I. s.v. Appetite, Gum Adragant half an Ounce. 1775 Bruce in Phil. Trans. LXV. 416 It resembles gum adragant much in quality. Oxford English Dictionary
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dragant
† ˈdragant Obs. Also 3–7 dragagant. [a. OF. dragant, dragagant, ad. late L. tragacanthum, (also dragantum), a. Gr. τραγάκανθα astragalus.] A gum; = tragacanth. Also called gum dragon, and formerly adragant.c 1265 Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 559/23 Dragagantum, i. dragagant. 1542 Boorde Dyetary (1870) 97, I ... Oxford English Dictionary
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tragacanth
tragacanth (ˈtrægəkænθ) Also 6 tragachant, 7 tragagant, 8 tragant, -anth; see also adragant, dragant, dragon2. [a. F. tragacante (16th c.) = It., Sp. tragacanta, ad. L. tragacantha (Pliny), a. Gr. τραγάκανθα goat's-thorn, tragacanth-shrub, f. τράγος he-goat + ἄκανθα thorn. The gum was called in L. t... Oxford English Dictionary
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