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Tragacanth <ref name="term_8952" /> | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_186753" /> == | ||
<p> ''''' trag´a ''''' - ''''' kanth ''''' : For "spicery" in [[Genesis]] 37:25 , the Revised Version margin gives "gum tragacanth or storax." See [[Spice]]; [[Storax]] . </p> | <p> (n.) A kind of gum procured from a spiny leguminous shrub (Astragalus gummifer) of Western Asia, and other species of Astragalus. It comes in hard whitish or yellowish flakes or filaments, and is nearly insoluble in water, but slowly swells into a mucilaginous mass, which is used as a substitute for gum arabic in medicine and the arts. Called also gum tragacanth. </p> | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_54368" /> == | |||
<p> <strong> [[Tragacanth]] </strong> . See Spice. </p> | |||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_8952" /> == | |||
<p> ''''' trag´a ''''' - ''''' kanth ''''' : For "spicery" in [[Genesis]] 37:25 , the Revised Version margin gives "gum tragacanth or storax." See [[Spice]]; [[Storax]] . </p> | |||
==References == | ==References == | ||
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<ref name="term_186753"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/tragacanth Tragacanth from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_54368"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/tragacanth Tragacanth from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_8952"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/tragacanth Tragacanth from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_8952"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/tragacanth Tragacanth from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 11:16, 13 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(n.) A kind of gum procured from a spiny leguminous shrub (Astragalus gummifer) of Western Asia, and other species of Astragalus. It comes in hard whitish or yellowish flakes or filaments, and is nearly insoluble in water, but slowly swells into a mucilaginous mass, which is used as a substitute for gum arabic in medicine and the arts. Called also gum tragacanth.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [2]
Tragacanth . See Spice.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [3]
trag´a - kanth : For "spicery" in Genesis 37:25 , the Revised Version margin gives "gum tragacanth or storax." See Spice; Storax .
