MACARANGA GUM

n.

1 definition — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


n.

A gum of a crimson color, obtained from a tree (Macaranga Indica) that grows in the East Indies. It is used in taking impressions of coins, medallions, etc., and sometimes as a medicine. Balfour (Cyc. of India).


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