sterculia gum

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   exudate of an Asian tree; used for finishing textiles and to thicken foodstuffs and cosmetics

   Synonymskaraya gum

   Broadergum

Questions about sterculia gum

What does sterculia gum mean?

sterculia gum means "exudate of an Asian tree; used for finishing textiles and to thicken foodstuffs and cosmetics".

What is another word for sterculia gum?

Close synonyms include karaya gum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sterculia gum a common word?

sterculia gum is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.