gutta-percha
noun/ˌɡʌtə ˈpɜːtʃə/
/ˌɡʌtə ˈpɜːrtʃə/
[uncountable]- a natural substance that can be shaped when it is heated and is hard when cool, produced by certain Malaysian treesWord Originmid 19th cent.: from Malay getah perca, from getah ‘gum’ + perca ‘strips of cloth’ (which it resembles), altered by association with obsolete gutta ‘gum’, from Latin gutta ‘a drop’.
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