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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tragacanth \Trag"a*canth\, noun [L. tragacanthum tragacanth, tragacantha the plant producing tragacanth, Gr. ? ? a he-goat + ? a thorn: cf. F. tragacanthe.] A kind of gum procured from a spiny leguminous shrub ({Astragalus gummifer}) of Western Asia, and other species of Astragalus. It comes in hard whitish or yellowish flakes or filaments, and is nearly insoluble in water, but slowly swells into a mucilaginous mass, which is used as a substitute for gum arabic in medicine and the arts. Called also {gum tragacanth}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dracanth \Dra"canth\, noun A kind of gum; -- called also {gum tragacanth}, or {tragacanth}. See {Tragacanth}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
tragacanth
noun: a gum used in pharmacy, adhesives, and textile printing
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