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Hardened spruce sap (gum) formed at the site where a branch was broken from the tree
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Gum or hardened sap from spruce trees has been used as a traditional medicine by Northern Canadian Indigenous people. It is used as a chewing gum and also melted to make a glue to fix canvas boats or plug holes.
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- 2016-03-27
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