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**Gum** may refer to:

## Contents

* 1Types of gum
* 2People
* 3Places
* 4Science
* 5Entertainment
* 6Other uses
* 7See also

## Types of gum[edit]

* Adhesive
* Bubble gum
* Chewing gum
* Gum (botany), sap or other resinous material associated with certain species of the plant kingdom
	+ Gum arabic, made from the sap of *Acacia senegal*, an Old World tree species
	+ Gum copal, resin produced from the sap of *Daniellia*, a genus of Afrotropical forest trees
	+ Gum ghatti, made from the sap of *Anogeissus latifolia*, an Asian tree species
	+ Gum guaicum, substance produced from *Guaiacum officinale*, a neotropical tree species
	+ Gum guar, made from the seeds of guar, *Cyamopsis tetragonoloba*, an Old World annual legume
	+ Gum karaya, made from the sap of *Sterculia urens*, an Asian tree species
	+ Spruce gum from the resin of spruce trees
	+ Kauri gum, from the fossilized resin of Kauri trees
	+ Locust bean gum, made from the seeds of carob, *Ceratonia siliqua*
	+ Xanthan gum, a common food thickener and stabilizer
* Gum base, the provides the basic textural and masticatory properties of chewing and bubble gums
* Gum metal, titanium alloy with high elasticity
* Postage stamp gum, substance applied to the back of a stamp to enable it to adhere to a letter
* Spirit gum, used to affix applications to the body

## People[edit]

* Gum (footballer) (born 1986), Brazilian footballer
* Gum Mo-jam, military leader
* Allen Gum (born 1969), American college baseball coach
* Jay Watson (born 1991), a.k.a. GUM, Australian musician

## Places[edit]

* Gum (crater), lunar impact crater
* Gum-Gum, township in Malaysia
* Gum Springs, Arkansas
* Gum Wall, a brick wall covered in used chewing gum in Seattle
* White Gum Valley, Western Australia
* The Old Gum Tree in Glenelg North, South Australia

## Science[edit]

* Gum bichromate, 19th-century photographic printing process
* Gum depigmentation, a procedure used in cosmetic dentistry
* Gum over platinum, a chemical photographic process
* Gums, or gingiva, the soft tissue partly covering teeth
* Genitourinary medicine, deals with reproductive problems

## Entertainment[edit]

* "The Gum", episode of the comedy television show Seinfield
* *Glasgow University Magazine*, in Scotland
* Mr. Gum, central character in a series of novels for children by Andy Stanton
* Gum (character), a playable character from the *Jet Set Radio* video game franchise
* Gum, a character in the British comic *Monster Fun*
* Great Uncle Matthew, a character in the novel *Ballet Shoes* by Noel Streatfeild
* Gum, a character from the 2016 adult animated film *Sausage Party*
* Gum Girl, a protagonist *The Gumazing Gum Girl!* book series by Rhode Montijo

## Other uses[edit]

* GUM (department store), in Moscow, Russia
* Global United Media, Indian film company
* Guam International Airport (IATA airport code: GUM)
* Gum Air, a airline in Paramaribo, Suriname
* Gum languages of New Guinea
* Gum tree, any of various related species of Eucalypt trees
* *Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement*, known as the GUM, a metrology guide pertaining to measurement uncertainty
* GUM, a business unit of the Sunstar Group which designs and manufactures dental cleaning tools like toothbrushes and gum stimulators

## See also[edit]

* Gummy (disambiguation)
* Gum-digger, a person who dug for kauri gum in New Zealand
* Gumball (disambiguation)
* Gumshoe (disambiguation)