cherry-tree gum
- noun
- Specialized
:
goma de cerezo
- The cherry-tree gum oozed slowly from a crack in the bark.
Examples
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Some traditional candies use cherry-tree gum as a natural thickener.
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Many artists use cherry-tree gum as a binder.
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Collectors valued cherry-tree gum for its similarity to more expensive plant gums.
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The cherry-tree gum has a sweet aroma.
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Many natural health products contain cherry-tree gum due to its thickening properties.
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The cherry-tree gum dripped from the tree, pooling on the ground beneath.
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Artisans often prefer cherry-tree gum for its adhesive qualities in crafting.
Synonyms
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9.9
A natural gum from a tree once used to make chewing gum
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5.5
A sticky natural substance from the acacia tree used to thicken foods, candies, and medicines
A natural sticky substance from acacia trees used to thicken food and medicine
A natural sticky substance from the dhawa tree used to thicken food and other products
A natural sticky sweet substance from mesquite tree pods used in food and products
A sticky natural gum from an Asian tree used to thicken food and cosmetics and to make fabrics smooth
A reddish-brown sticky substance from eucalyptus bark used in medicine and food
A natural sticky substance from the sapodilla tree used to make chewing gum
Surface Forms
Morphology
cherry-tree + gum
The meaning is directly built from the constituents: 'cherry-tree' specifies the source and 'gum' denotes a sticky exudate, so a learner who knows both words can infer it is gum produced by cherry trees. This straightforward noun-compounding pattern is common and cross-linguistically transparent, making the MWE immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner.
Etymology
The noun cherry-tree gum names the sticky sap that oozes from the bark of cherry-tree trees and looks like other plant gums used to thicken food. Because people used this sticky sap like a natural 'thickener', the name cherry-tree gum came to mean that useful substance.