Plant gums

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-004981",
  "term": "Plant gums",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A comprehensive term for nonvolatile viscous plant exudates, which either dissolve or swell up in contact with water. Many substances referred to as gums, such as pine and spruce gum, are actually oleoresins.",
  "synonyms": [
    "tree gums"
  ],
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "polysaccharides",
    "dietary fiber",
    "additives",
    "gellan gum",
    "Hsian-tsao leaf gum",
    "locust bean gum",
    "okra gum",
    "mesquite gum",
    "gum kondagogu",
    "gum karaya",
    "cashew gum",
    "guar gum",
    "gum resin",
    "brea gum",
    "gum arabic",
    "gum tragacanth",
    "psyllium gum",
    "xanthan gum"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Forest Products Laboratory. 2010. Wood handbook - Wood as an engineering material. Gen. Tech. Rep. FPL-GTR-190. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "gomas"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/plant-gums/"
}