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- Arabin - n. - A carbohydrate, isomeric with cane sugar, contained in gum arabic, from which it is extracted as a white, amorphous substance.
- Arabin - n. - Mucilage, especially that made of gum arabic.
- Arabinose - n. - A sugar of the composition C5H10O5, obtained from cherry gum by boiling it with dilute sulphuric acid.