gutapercha

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay getah perca.

Noun

gutapercha f (plural gutaperchas)

  1. gutta-percha; an inelastic natural latex, produced from the sap of several tropical trees of the genera Palaquium and Payena

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