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1. gutta-percha
noun. a whitish rubber derived from the coagulated milky latex of gutta-percha trees; used for insulation of electrical cables.
Etymology
- getah perca (Malay (macrolanguage))
4. Garcinia_gummi-gutta
noun. low spreading tree of Indonesia yielding an orange to brown gum resin (gamboge) used as a pigment when powdered.
Sentences with gutta-percha
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Coburn Haskell created the next important golf ball innovation in 1898 when he introduced a ball made from a solid rubber core with rubber thread wrapped around it, and encased in sphere made of gutta percha.
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Rosaries made from gutta percha, a synthetic wood made from a rubber-like material, date back to 1843 or so when the material was introduced.
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The empty space is filled with gutta percha, a natural form of rubber.
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The game didn't get back to the common man until more than 200 years later, in the mid-1800s, when the gutta percha ball was invented from the newly discovered substance called rubber.
