Chicle

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Balata \Bal"a*ta\, n. [Sp., prob. fr. native name.]
     1. A West Indian sapotaceous tree ({Bumelia retusa}).
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     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}.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  chicle
       n : gum-like substance from the sapodilla [syn: {chicle gum}]