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chickpea |
chickpea plant |
chickweed |
chickweed phlox |
chicky |
chicle
| chicle gum
| chicness
| chico
| chicory
| chicory escarole
chicle
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun chicle has 1 sense
- chicle(n = noun.substance) chicle gum - gum-like substance from the sapodilla; Array is a kind of gum
CIDE DICTIONARY
chicle, n. [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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
chicle, n. the milky juice of the sapodilla tree, used in the manufacture of chewing-gum.
Etymology
Amer. Sp. f. Nahuatl tzietli
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