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Answer for the clue "Chewing gum base ", 6 letters:
chicle

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Word definitions for chicle in dictionaries

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1889, American English (in chicle-gum ), from Mexican Spanish chicle , from Nahuatl (Aztecan) tzictli .

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The milky latex of the sapodilla tree, used after coagulation as the principal ingredient of chewing gum

Usage examples of chicle.

Until 1975 chicle for chewing gum provided 25% of the Belize Gross Domestic Product.

The sap of the chicle tree was gathered and boiled down much like natural rubber (or for that matter, maple syrup).