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chic·le  (chkl, chkl)

n.

The coagulated milky juice of the sapodilla, used as the principal ingredient of chewing gum.

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[Spanish, from Nahuatl chictli.]

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chicle - gum-like substance from the sapodilla chicle gum chewing gum, gum - a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing gum - any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying