| slovo | definícia |
chicle gum
(encz) | chicle gum, n: |
chicle gum
(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.] |
Chicle gum
(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.] |
chicle gum
(wn) | chicle gum
n 1: gum-like substance from the sapodilla [syn: chicle,
chicle gum] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
chicle gum
(encz) | chicle gum, n: |
chicle gum
(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.]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.] |
chicle gum
(wn) | chicle gum
n 1: gum-like substance from the sapodilla [syn: chicle,
chicle gum] |
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