Gums & Resins

ruzuzu commented on the list gums-and-resins

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September 23, 2010

mollusque commented on the list gums-and-resins

Thanks ruzuzu. I forgot to mention in the list description that I tagged the fossil resins.

September 23, 2010

hernesheir commented on the list gums-and-resins

Cool list, Moll!

"What this man brought in a cotton sack

Was gum, the gum of the mountain spruce.

He showed my lumps of the scented stuff

Like uncut jewels, dull and rough.

It comes to market golden brown;

But turns to pink between the teeth."

From Robert Frost's The Gum Gatherer.

September 26, 2010

hernesheir commented on the list gums-and-resins

Affenhaar is a term German paleobotanists applied colloquially to mats and "sleeves" of preserved latex strands and tubules from fossilized plant remains found in Eocene lignites.

See this abstract of an article discussing Affenhaar.

September 26, 2010

thtownse commented on the list gums-and-resins

Isn't this a band from the eighties?

September 29, 2010

ruzuzu commented on the list gums-and-resins

You're thinking of Gums & Rosins.

September 29, 2010

hernesheir commented on the list gums-and-resins

gaub?

December 11, 2010

hernesheir commented on the list gums-and-resins

pounce, pounce-powder - pulverized juniper gum.

December 11, 2010

mollusque commented on the list gums-and-resins

Thanks, hernesheir, but these don't quite fit the list. Gaub seems to be the name of the fruit, not its gum, and pounce can be made of powdered gum, but isn't always.

December 12, 2010

ruzuzu commented on the list gums-and-resins

What about gum arabic?

And acaroid resin (also spelled accaroid resin)?

Edit: Apparently acaroid resin is also called accroides gum, or gum accroides.

January 18, 2011

mollusque commented on the list gums-and-resins

Hi ruzuzu, I was sticking with mononyms, so accroides is listed, arabic isn't as it doesn't stand alone as the name of a gum.

January 19, 2011

ruzuzu commented on the list gums-and-resins

You know, I wondered--I saw that you were the first person to list accroides gum and that you hadn't listed it here... and I knew gum arabic was a pretty common one.

Well, okay--I'll keep looking! :-)

January 19, 2011

hernesheir commented on the list gums-and-resins

You might investigate the Century Dictionary's 2nd definition of red-gum.

March 5, 2011

bilby commented on the list gums-and-resins

Gosh, I was distracted by the red papular eruption of infants.

March 5, 2011

ruzuzu commented on the list gums-and-resins

So babul is interesting, but it might be the name of the tree (not its gum).

Also, could meska work for gum arabic?

April 2, 2014

ruzuzu commented on the list gums-and-resins

(Also, my new favorite of these is thus.)

April 30, 2014

ruzuzu commented on the list gums-and-resins

Would you consider copalin?

January 19, 2023