GUTTA-PERCHA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A whitish rubber derived from the coagulated milky latex of gutta-percha trees; used for insulation of electrical cables

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("gutta-percha" is a kind of...):

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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