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xanthan gum

noun
🔊/ˈzænθæn ɡʌm/
🔊/ˈzænθən ɡʌm/
[uncountable] (specialist)
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  1. a chemical substance that is put in food to make it thicker黄原胶，三仙胶（使食物变稠的化学物质）
    Word Origin1960s: from the modern Latin name of the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris + -an.