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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A small thorny tree, Cæsalpinia præcox, with light-green bark, found in northern Argentina. It yields a pale-brown gum resembling gum arabic and known commercially as goma brea.
  • noun A variety of asphaltum which is fluid at ordinary temperatures; maltha.

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