GUM

A number of different things are called "'gum'":

★ Gums, or gingiva, the soft tissue partly covering teeth

★ Chewing gum, a type of confectionery

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★ Bubble gum

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★ Functional gum

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★ Gum base

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★ Gum industry

★ Vegetable gums, natural gums:

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★ Guar gum

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★ Gum arabic

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★ Xanthan gum

★ Postage stamp gum

★ Gum Springs, Arkansas, a town

★ Trees:

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★ Gum tree (''Eucalyptus''; Australia and cultivated in other warm areas)

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★ Black gum (Tupelo, ''Nyssa''; eastern North America)

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★ Sweet-gum (''Liquidambar''; eastern North America and Asia)

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★ Log gum

★ Astronomy:

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★ Gum (crater), on the Moon

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★ Gum Nebula, an emission nebula

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★ Colin Stanley Gum (1924-1960), Australian astronomer and namesake of the nebula
''See also:'' GUM