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Chewing gum ingredient
Answer for the clue "Chewing gum ingredient ", 6 letters:
chicle
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Word definitions for chicle in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Balata \Bal"a*ta\, n. [Sp., prob. fr. native name.] A West Indian sapotaceous tree ( Bumelia retusa ). The bully tree ( Minusops globosa ); also, its milky juice ( ); also, its milky juice ( ), which when dried constitutes an elastic gum called chicle , ...
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 .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. gum-like substance from the sapodilla [syn: chicle 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).