Definition of Guta-percha
Gutta-percha, the inspissated juice of a tree found in the Malay
Archipelago.
- Wikipedia
Gut"ta-per`cha (?), n. [Malay
gutah gum + pertja the tree from which is it procured.]
A concrete juice produced by various trees found in the Malayan
archipelago, especially by the Isonandra, or Dichopsis,
Gutta. It becomes soft, and unpressible at the tamperature of
boiling water, and, on cooling, retains its new shape. It dissolves
in oils and ethers, but not in water. In many of its properties it
resembles caoutchouc, and it is extensively used for many economical
purposes. The Mimusops globosa of Guiana also yields this
material.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- An inelastic natural latex, produced from the sap of several tropical trees of the genera Palaquium and Payena
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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