'Chicle gum' definitions:
Definition of 'chicle gum'
From: WordNet
noun
Gum-like substance from the sapodilla [syn: chicle, chicle gum]
Definition of 'Chicle gum'
From: 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.]
Definition of 'chicle gum'
From: 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.]