tragacanthum

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

trăgăcanthum, i, n. [tragacantha],

gum-tragacanth , Cels. 4, 4, 3; 4, 5, 13; Scrib. Comp. 78; 108.—Called also, in a corrupted form, drăgantum , i, n., Veg. Vet. 1, 32; Theod. Prisc. de Diaeta, 9.