• the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth
• a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing
• any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of Gum
• wood or lumber from any of various Gum trees especially the sweet Gum
• cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive
• any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying
• exude or form Gum; "these trees Gum in the Spring"
• grind with the Gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty; "the old man had no teeth left and mumbled his food"

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