gum arabic

短语

[化] 阿拉伯树胶; 金合欢胶 [医] 阿拉伯胶

发音

其它

词形变化

gums arabic 复数 gums arabic

别名

arabic gum-arabic

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An edible substance taken from one of two species of sub-Saharan acacia trees, Senegalia senegal and Vachellia seyal, used in the food industry as a stabilizer (e.g. in soda, gumdrops and marshmallows) and other purposes including pharmaceuticals, paints and polishes.

    阿拉伯胶

    可数 不可数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

gum acacia

上位词 1

gum

整体词 1

acacia

词源

gum + Arabic; the name was used in Arabic and other Middle Eastern languages since the 9th century (صَمْغ عَرَبِيّ (ṣamḡ ʕarabiyy)), and retained in the languages of Europeans who first acquired it via Arab ports.

来源：wiktionary