tara gum

English

Etymology

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Noun

tara gum (usually uncountable, plural tara gums)

1. A white or beige nearly odorless powder used as a thickening agent and stabilizer for food, produced by separating and grinding the endosperm of Tara spinosa seeds.

Synonyms

• E417

See also

• Caesalpinia spinosa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia