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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 trag·a·canth /ˈtræʤəˌkæn(t)θ, ˈtrægə, kən(t)θ; ||ˈtrægəˌsæn(t)θ/
 一種樹液,製藥,染色用

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 trag·a·canth /ˈtræʤəˌkæn(t)θ, ˈtræg, kən(t)θ; , ˈtrægəˌsæn(t)θ/ 名詞

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Trag·a·canth 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.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 tragacanth
      n : a gum used in pharmacy, adhesives, and textile printing