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gum accroides

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ac·a·roid resin   (āk'ə-roid')   
n.  A yellow or reddish resin obtained from various Australian grass trees and used in varnishes, lacquers, and paper manufacture. Also called accroides gum, gum accroides.

[From New Latin acaroīdēs : Greek akari, a kind of mite + Greek -oeidēs, -oid.]
gum ac·croi·des   (ə-kroi'dēz, āk-roi'-)   
n.  See acaroid resin.

[Alteration of New Latin acaroīdēs; see acaroid resin.]
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