Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The coagulated milky juice of the sapodilla, used as the principal ingredient of chewing gum.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Same as chicle-gum.
Wiktionary
- n. The milky latex of the sapodilla tree, used after coagulation as the principal ingredient of chewing gum
GNU Webster's 1913
- 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.
WordNet 3.0
- n. gum-like substance from the sapodilla
Etymologies
- From Spanish chicle, from Classical Nahuatl tzictli. (Wiktionary)
- Spanish, from Nahuatl chictli. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“San Ignacio, in western Belize, was an important center for the Baymen (British loggers) and chicleros (collectors of chicle, which is used to make chewing gum), who also relied on the river to transport their goods.”
“Many Americans didn't realize at the time, I think, that Guatemala was the world's principal source of high-quality chicle, which is one of the ingredients in chewing gum.”
“The sap is called chicle, and the men who climb the trees to collect the sap are called chicleros.”
“A bright white sap called chicle runs down the wound in the wood, prompting a smile.”
“According to Lehnhoff Temme (1990), local people use forests species such as chicle Marilkara achrag, pepper Pimenta dioica, cedar, mahogany Swietenia humilis and 'ramon' Brosimum alicastrum and the use of leaves and flowers from Chamaedorea and Araceae spp. are used for ornamental purposes.”
“Traditionally, the youth here work basically as farmhands, dealing with the extraction of things like chewing gum (" chicle ") and the xate plant from our land," said WCS technician Julio Zetina, who helps implement the agreement.”
“The Spaniards discovered all this the hard way when they first encountered the Aztec macahuitl, a flat wooden sword tipped with obsidian blades held in place by chicle.”
“Mexicans, including Santa Ana, worried about their teeth, which they kept clean by chewing chicle, a rubbery plant sap.”
Gods, Gachupines and Gringos: A People's History of Mexico by Richard Grabman
“The candy maker thought the ex-general's chicle tasted awful but wasn't bad if it was mixed with mint and dipped in sugar.”
Gods, Gachupines and Gringos: A People's History of Mexico by Richard Grabman
“To teach your kids the value of rainforest products, stuff their stockings with Glee Gum's make-your-own-chewing-gum kit, an irresistible mess of sugar, syrup, flavoring, and chicle gum base from Central America's sapodilla trees.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘chicle’.
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SCIE - EU nomenclature
All the scientific words found in the official EU nomenclature. For the screening I used Vocabgrabber of the Visual Thesaurus.
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
veal, valve, used, yak, wax, wan, teak, vat, vas, strip, use, strap and 4515 more...
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Nahuatl
"Spanish náhuatl, from Nahuatl, that which pleases the ear, from nahua-, audible, intelligent, clear."
- etymology from The American Heritage Dictionary
Nahuatl, Zapotec, Aztec, avocado, guacamole, amole, atlatl, axolotl, black sapote, cacao, cacomistle, chayote and 77 more...
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Gums & Resins
Naturally occurring gums and resins.
amber, copal, dammar, mastic, sandarac, ammoniacum, gamboge, elemi, scammony, myrrh, turpentine, copaiba and 155 more...
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EN - funny (single) words
"Fornication" is not equal to "formication".
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It was good enough for Billy Burroughs
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Palabrarium
The delicious wonderful words that I love terribly dearly and without which, the world would be a less inventive and worthwhile place. Also, ostensibly, the reason 1984 and esperanto secretly suck.
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Truly American Words
American words with deep native roots...
wendigo, Podunk, adirondack, wigwam, caribou, chipmunk, poncho, pecan, moccasin, muskrat, moose, persimmon and 46 more...
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