tragacanth

Meaning of tragacanth

noun

a white or reddish plant gum, used in the food, textile, and pharmaceutical industries.

late 16th century: from French tragacante, via Latin from Greek tragakantha ‘goat's thorn’, from tragos ‘goat’ (because it is browsed by goats) + akantha ‘thorn’ (referring to the shrub's spines).

Information about tragacanth

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of tragacanth is: tragacanths.
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Hyphenation of tragacanth

tra-ga-canth

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
  • tragacanth is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

Words that rhyme with tragacanth

Canth, acanth, anacanth, calycanth, chalcanth, coelacanth, hexacanth, homacanth, pyracanth, Cleanth, amianth, perianth, pseudoperianth, limnanth, schoenanth, Adigranth, Granth, adigranth, amaranth, centranth, hydranth, scleranth, zephyranth, chrysanth, depressanth, xanth, rhizanth

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