adragantEtymologyFrom French, a corruption of tragacanth. Doublet of tragacanth.nounGum tragacanth.“From the second Sort Monsieur Tournefort says, the Gum Adragant or Dragon is produced in Crete; of which he gives the following Relation in his Voyage to the Levant : “We had (says he) the Satisfaction “of fully observing the Gum “Adragant […]”