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'''Gum''' or '''GUM''' may refer to:

==Natural gums==
* [[Gum (botany)]], any of a number of naturally occurring resinous materials in vegetative species
* [[Gum anima]]
* [[Gum arabic]], used as food additive, adhesive et al.
* [[Cassia gum]]
* [[Dammar gum]]
* [[Gellan gum]]
* [[Guar gum]]
* [[Locust bean gum]]
* [[Spruce gum]]
* [[Xanthan gum]]

==Trees and shrubs==
* [[Gum tree]] or ''Eucalyptus''
* [[Black tupelo]] or black gum
* [[Blue gum]]
* [[Ghost gum]]
* [[Gum Cistus]]
* [[Log gum]]
* [[Red Gum]]
* [[Spotted gum]]
* [[Sweet-gum]] or ''Liquidambar''

==Astronomy==
* [[Gum (crater)]], on the Moon
* [[Gum Nebula]], an emission nebula
* [[Colin Stanley Gum]] (1924-1960), Australian astronomer

==Geography==
* [[Gum-Gum]], a township in Malaysia
* [[Gum Springs, Arkansas]]
* [[White Gum Valley, Western Australia]]
* [[The Old Gum Tree]] in Glenelg North, South Australia

==Fiction==
* [[Mr. Gum]], the central character in a series of novels for children by Andy Stanton
* Gum, a character from the ''[[Jet Set Radio]]'' video game series
* Great Uncle Matthew, a character in the novel ''[[Ballet Shoes (novel)|Ballet Shoes]]'' by Noel Streatfeild

==Codes==
* ISO 3166-1 alpha-3-code for [[Guam]]
* IATA code for [[Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport]]

==Other uses==
* [[Gingiva]], or gums, is the soft tissue partly covering teeth
* [[Chewing gum]]
* [[Postage stamp gum]]
* [[Spirit gum]], used to affix applications to the body
* [[Genitourinary medicine]]
* [[Glasgow University Magazine]]
* Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement (ISO), see [[Measurement uncertainty]]
* ''Glavnyi Universalnyi Magazin'', or [[Main Department Store]], a large department store in Moscow, Russia

==See also==
* [[Gummy (disambiguation)]]
* [[Gum-digger]], a person who dug for kauri gum in New Zealand

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[[fr:Gomme]]
[[nl:Gum]]
[[pt:Goma]]
[[simple:Gum]]

Revision as of 17:39, 28 May 2009

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