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3 words match “ACAROID”

ACAROID a.
Shaped like or resembling a mite.
GRASS TREE n.
blackened by fire. They yield two kinds of fragrant resin, called Botany-bay gum, and Gum Acaroides.
GUM n.
[Local, U. S.] Black gum, Blue gum, British gum, etc. See under Black, Blue, etc. -- Gum Acaroidea, the resinous gum of the Australian grass tree (Xanlhorrhoea). -- Gum animal (Zoöl.), the galago of West Africa; -- so called because it feeds on gums. See Galago. -- Gum animi or animé. See Animé. -- Gum arabic, a gu…