gutapercha

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay getah perca.

Noun

gutapercha f (plural gutaperchas)

1. gutta-percha; an inelastic natural latex, produced from the sap of several tropical trees of the genera Palaquium and Payena

Further reading

• “gutapercha”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28