sarcocolla

• sarcocol

From Latin sarcocolla, from Ancient Greek σαρκοκόλλα (sarkokólla), from σάρξ (sárx, “flesh”) + κόλλα (kólla, “glue, adhesive”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /sɑːkəˈkɒlə/

sarcocolla (uncountable)

1. The shrub Astragalus sarcocolla, native to Iran.
2. The shrub Penaea sarcocolla, native to South Africa.
3. The gum resin obtained from them, (historical) particularly A. sarcolla resin as used in traditional medicine and paint manufacture.
4. (inexact) Similar resins produced from similar species of shrubs, particularly Penaea mucronata and Astragalus fasciculifolius.

• (A. sarcocolla): Persian gum
• (P. sarcocolla): Cape fellwort
• (resins): Persian gum, flesh glue

• (shrub): milkvetch

• “sarcocolla”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

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