Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tara gum

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.48 in modern English

Syllables: tara gum
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A white or beige nearly odorless powder used as a thickening agent and stabilizer for food, produced by separating and grinding the endosperm of Tara spinosa seeds.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Tara flour is one of two products made from the seed pods of a thorny shrub native to Peru. One of those, tara gum, has been used safely for years as a thickening agent or stabilizer in human foods."

Etymology

From Spanish tara, from Quechua.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: tara, -

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

tara gums (plural)

Phrases

tara flour

Frequently Paired Words

tara flour

Synonyms

E417

Questions

What does tara gum mean?: A white or beige nearly odorless powder used as a thickening agent and stabilizer for food, produced by separating and grinding the endosperm of Tara spinosa seeds.
Where does tara gum come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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