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chicle |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Chicle \Chic"le\, n., Chicle gum \Chicle gum\ [Amer. Sp chicle.] A gumlike substance obtained from the bully tree ({Mimusops globosa}) and sometimes also from the naseberry or sapodilla ({Sapota zapotilla}). It is more plastic than caoutchouc and more elastic than gutta-percha, as an adulterant of which it is used in England. It is used largely in the United States in making chewing gum. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Balata \Bal"a*ta\, n. [Sp., prob. fr native name.] 1. A West Indian sapotaceous tree ({Bumelia retusa}). 2. The bully tree ({Minusops globosa}); also its milky juice ({); also its milky juice (}), which when dried constitutes an elastic gum called {chicle}, or {chicle gum}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: chicle n : gum-like substance from the sapodilla [syn: {chicle gum}]
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