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BASSORA GUM

\bˈasɔːɹə ɡˈʌm], \bˈasɔːɹə ɡˈʌm], \b_ˈa_s_ɔː_ɹ_ə ɡ_ˈʌ_m]\

Definitions of BASSORA GUM

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases

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A substance like gum arabic, from Persia.
Gum resembling gum arabic from Persia.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

(Sometimes shipped from Bussorah. ) A gum, said to be the exudation of almond and plum trees; by some supposed to be the produce of a cactus or mesembryanthemum.

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
By Henry Percy Smith

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