chicle

Examples

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• Chicle is the sap used to make chewing gum.

  Fiction book (1999)

• In the past, when Americans chewed less, the chicle market dropped, the workers turned to looting, and we lost more of our culture.

  Fiction book (1999)

• "The chicle market doesn't make a difference now.

  Fiction book (1999)

• From the sap of this tree comes chicle, used in making chewing gum.

  Fiction book (1990)

• Her father's chicle tree vanished, and when it reappeared, its bark was wet and black.

  Fiction book (1999)

• The inhabitants practice subsistence agriculture and harvest forest products (timber, chicle, xate palm, and allspice) that are highly valued on the local and international market.

  Academic text (1998)

• As they circle in over the mangrove and chicle-thick expanse of Yucatan, her head begins to throb in a way that she can almost imagine signals migraine.

  Fiction book (1995)

• Chicle is a natural gum obtained from the sap of the sapodilla tree, commonly used in chewing gum.

• The base of many popular chicle gums is derived from the sapodilla tree.

• Historically, the Mayans chewed chicle, a gum from the sap of the sapodilla tree, for thousands of years.

Synonyms

C

chicle gum

vschicle

• Archaic

5.9

A natural sticky substance from the sapodilla tree used to make chewing gum

is regarded as formerly used not common in modern production

Compounds

C

chicle gum

• Archaic

5.9

A natural sticky substance from the sapodilla tree used to make chewing gum

Surface Forms

Etymology