gutta-percha
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gutta-percha
- /ɡʌɾəˈpɝtʃə/ US
- /ɡʌtəˈpɜːtʃə/ UK
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Borrowed from Malay getah perca.
noun gutta-perchas · guttapercha · gutta percha · guttah
- An inelastic natural latex, produced from the sap of several tropical trees of the genera Palaquium and Payena. Resin, pitch, sealing-wax, caoutchouc, sulphur, gutta-percha, and generally all bodies commonly termed resinous, besides a great variety of others, will be found to acquire, after friction, the power of attracting light bodies, and hence will be said, according to a limitation of terms already accep
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noun a latex
| Español | gutapercha |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | ガタパーチャ |
| 中文 | 杜仲膠 /杜仲胶 dùzhòngjiāo, 古塔波膠 /古塔波胶 gǔtǎbōjiāo, 古塔膠 /古塔胶 gǔtǎjiāo |
| Français | gutta-percha |
| Deutsch | Guttapercha |
| Italiano | guttaperca |
| Русский | гуттапе́рча guttapérča |
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