Definition of Chicle gum

1. Noun. Gum-like substance from the sapodilla.

Exact synonyms: Chicle
Substance meronyms: Chewing Gum, Gum
Generic synonyms: Gum

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chicle Gum

chickling
chickories
chickory
chickpea
chickpea plant
chickpeas
chicks
chickweed
chickweed phlox
chickweed wintergreen
chickweeds
chicky
chicle
chicle gum (current term)
chiclero
chiclero ulcer
chicleros
chicles
chiclet keyboard
chiclet keyboards
chicly
chicness
chicnesses
chicon
chicons
chicories
chicory
chicory escarole

Literary usage of Chicle gum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1906)
"chicle gum, the dried latex of Achras Sapota, L, produced principally in Mexico, ... Like balata gum, chicle gum yielded no cinnamic acid when treated with ..."

2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"By protracted action of boiling alcohol on the chicle gum, only the oxygen compounds go in ... or even more dilute alcohol is added to the chicle gum, ..."

3. Bulletin of the New York Botanical Garden by New York Botanical Garden (1908)
"One of the most widely known forms is chewing gum, which is made by refining the crude chicle- gum, which is the hardened milky juice of the sapodilla and ..."

4. The Chemistry and Analysis of Drugs and Medicines by Henry Corbin Fuller (1920)
"Good chicle gum leaves an ash consisting chiefly of calcium carbonate, no sand or other gritty material being present. To prepare a sample for determining ..."

5. The Microanalysis of Powdered Vegetable Drugs by Albert Schneider (1921)
"chicle gum. The gummy exudate from the evergreen tree Achras sapota L., Sapotaceae. Brown to light reddish brown. Brittle, crumbly masses in dry cold ..."

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