gum arabic

English Thesaurus

1. gum from an acacia tree; used as a thickener (especially in candies and pharmaceuticals) (noun.substance)

hypernym	:	gum,
definition	:	any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying (noun.substance)

hyponym	:	senegal gum,
definition	:	gum arabic from the vicinity of the Senegal river (noun.substance)

substance meronym	:	acacia,
definition	:	any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia (noun.plant)