chicle
IPA: ʃʌkʌɫ
noun
- The milky latex of the sapodilla tree, used after coagulation as the principal ingredient of chewing gum
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Examples of "chicle" in Sentences
- Latex from the chicle and jelutong trees is used in chewing gum.
- The ancient Aztecs used chicle as a base for making a gum like substance.
- It is wind resistant and the bark is rich in a white, gummy latex called chicle.
- A bright white sap called chicle runs down the wound in the wood, prompting a smile.
- The sap is called chicle, and the men who climb the trees to collect the sap are called chicleros.
- Mexicans, including Santa Ana, worried about their teeth, which they kept clean by chewing chicle, a rubbery plant sap.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- "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.
- 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.
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