A large thorny shrub with sticky resin, native to the Mediterranean region, also known as gum tragacanth.
From Greek 'drosax' or similar, referring to the resinous plant. The plant produces a sticky gum that was historically used in medicine and adhesives.
Dropax resin was so valuable in ancient times that it was traded across Mediterranean trade routes—it shows how plants that produce useful chemicals became major commodities!
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