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gutta-percha

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gut·ta-per·cha  (gt-pûrch)
n.
A rubbery substance derived from the latex of any of several tropical trees of the genera Palaquium and Payena, used as an electrical insulator, as a waterproofing compound, and in golf balls.
[Malay getah perca : getah, sap + perca, strip of cloth (from Hindi prc, from Persian prche, probably diminutive of pre, from Middle Persian prang).]
gutta-percha
Noun
a whitish rubber substance, obtained from a tropical Asian tree and used in electrical insulation and dentistry [Malay getah gum + percha gumtree]
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Noun1.gutta-perchagutta-percha - a whitish rubber derived from the coagulated milky latex of gutta-percha trees; used for insulation of electrical cables
gum - any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying


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We were rivals, but I desire to treat her with scrupulous fairness, and I admit that she had one good thing, to wit, her gutta-percha tooth.
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Maston, scratching with his steel hook his gutta-percha cranium.
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Forgetting on the one hand that his right arm had been replaced by an iron hook, and on the other that a simple gutta-percha cap covered his brain-box, he had given himself a formidable blow.
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