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What is the noun for gums?

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gum

(chiefly uncountable) Any of various viscous or sticky substances that are exuded by certain plants.
(chiefly uncountable) Any viscous or sticky substance resembling those that are exuded by certain plants.
(chiefly uncountable) Chewing gum.
(countable) A single piece of chewing gum.
(plural) A gummi candy.
(US, dialect, Southern US) A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any roughly made hive.
(US, dialect, Southern US) A vessel or bin made from a hollow log.
(US, dialect) A rubber overshoe.
A gum tree.
Synonyms:

glue, adhesive, paste, resin, cement, fixative, superglue, stickum, plaster, tar, wax, epoxy resin, cohesive substance, sticky substance, sealant, mucilage, bond, binder, sealer, size, epoxy, bonding, gunk, gluey substance, glueing, solder, gluing, stick, bonder, wallpaper paste, seal, glair, tack, sticking agent, adhesive agent, bonding material, binding agent, albumen, egg-white, sap, secretion, liquid, juice, amber, exudate, latex, pitch, rosin … more

Examples:

“The tomahawk has a handle made of a flattened sapling bent around it and secured to it with string and gum.”

“Suzella stared curiously at Stacey as she scraped a glob of gum from the tree.”

gumming

The act of chewing without teeth.
(mining, historical) The manual removal of clay, or "gum", from cut coal.

gummy

(Australia) Clipping of gummy shark.
(Australia, New Zealand) A sheep that is losing or has lost its teeth.
Synonyms:

gummy bear, gummy candy, gummy sweet, gummy worm, gumdrop, gumdrops, jelly, jellied candy

gummi

A sugary, gelatinous material used to make candies.
A candy made of this material.

gummosis

The formation of patches of a gummy substance on the surface of certain plants, particularly fruit trees, caused by sap oozing from wounds or cankers.
Examples:

“Trees from commercial orchards, showing symptoms of Rio Grande gummosis and asymptomatic trees were indexed on indicator plants.”

“This disorder is also called Florida gummosis and, in California, ferment gum disease.”

“This is the first global gene expression study in Citrus × Phytophthora gummosis interaction.”

gummer

A punch-cutting tool, or machine for deepening and enlarging the spaces between the teeth of a worn saw.

gumshield

(Britain) A mouthguard to protect the teeth and gums during physical activity.
Synonyms:

mouthguard, gumguard, mouthpiece, nightguard, dental guard, gum shield, teeth protector, bite splint, mouth protector, occlusal splint, bite plane … more

Examples:

“And if you like your comedy to pack a punch then get your gumshield in now.”

“Right, I'm off to burn my mouth by trying to mould a gumshield to it following instructions written in Spanish.”

“If you have a fixed appliance, you must wear a gumshield during contact sports.”

gummosity

The quality of being gummy; a viscous or adhesive quality.

gumline

The line along the top of the gums, where they meet the surface of the teeth

gum

(plural) The flesh around the teeth.
Synonyms:

Examples:

“The tomahawk has a handle made of a flattened sapling bent around it and secured to it with string and gum.”

“Suzella stared curiously at Stacey as she scraped a glob of gum from the tree.”

gumboil

(medicine) A small suppurating inflamed spot on the gum.
Synonyms:

ulcer, sore, abscess, boil, ulceration, pustule, aphtha, blister, carbuncle, chancre, cyst, fester, furuncle, gathering, wen, impostume, noma, open sore, vesication, canker, canker sore, lesion, peptic ulcer, swelling, pimple, papule, spot, eruption, blain, plook, inflammation, whitlow, infection, bubo, parulis, zit, whelk, tumour, hickey, pock, blemish, excrescence, tumor, chilblain, lump, growth, bleb, wart, bump, protuberance … more

Examples:

“But to us dissidents that gumboil was a symbol of his apartness from the pack.”

“If the abscess is not treated, the infection may make a channel from the tooth to the surface of the gum, and a painful swelling known as a gumboil may form.”

“If he has sciatica, pleurisy or a gumboil, he can speak of his ailments and tell people what is the matter with him.”

gumminess

The state or condition of being gummy.
Synonyms:

gummy

(plural) A gummi candy.
Synonyms:

gummy bear, gummy candy, gummy sweet, gummy worm, gumdrop, gumdrops, jelly, jellied candy

gumshields

plural of gumshield
Synonyms:

mouthguards, mouthpieces, nightguards

Examples:

“So I sent for 55 black-and-white, zig-zag gumshields and that was the hoot, that was what got the youngsters interested.”

“By the same token, boxing is a transposition of a noble pursuit of post-pub Britain into an artificial environment of padded gloves and gumshields.”

“Every four years, the best players in British Isles rugby pack their gumshields and head off on tour to test themselves against the giants of the southern hemisphere.”

gumminesses