1) Golf ball material, once 2) Golf-ball material, once
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1) Rubber
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Gutta-percha is a name for a set of trees, mostly of the genus Palaquium, noted for their latex, or the rigid natural latex produced from the sap of these trees, particularly from Palaquium gutta. Heavy use of gutta-percha during the second half of the 19th century, particularly as insulation for underwater telegraph cables, led to unsustainable h...
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• (n.) A concrete juice produced by various trees found in the Malayan archipelago, especially by the Isonandra, / 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, ...
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Rubbery material made from the resin of an East Indian tree, used in the late 19thC for furniture decorations, dolls and golf balls.
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yellowish or brownish leathery material derived from the latex of certain trees in Malaysia, the South Pacific, and South America, especially ... [3 related articles]
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material used in the filling of root canals.
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A rubber-like material used to fill root canals.
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While natural rubber from the rubber tree Hevea brasiliensis is cis-poly(isoprene), the Malaysian sapodilla tree Palaquium oblongifolia produces a latex that is trans-poly(isoprene). This material is called guttah-percha and is more brittle and hard than natural rubber.
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(or Caoutchouc). A rubber adhesive used as an alternative to sewing.
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<botany> 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 caou...
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(gut″ә-pur´chә) the coagulated, dried, purified latex of trees of the genera Palaguium and Payena, most commonly Palaguium gutta; used in orthopedics for fracture splints, in surgery for temporary sealing of cavities, and in dentistry in the form of cones for filling root canals or sticks for sealing c...
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Material used in the manufacture of early golf balls. It was a hard, molded substance made from the sap of several types of Malaysian trees. These balls were in use from 1848 until the early 1900's.
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Resin from the Isonandra Gutta tree that was used for making jewelry in the mid-1800's. ^top
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Gut'ta-per`cha noun [ 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, an...
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A Malaysian tree resin used for jewelry popular in the Victorian era.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: gut′ă-pĕr′chă Definitions: 1. The coagulated, purified, dried, milky juice of trees of the genera Palaquium (especially P. gutta and Payena (family Sapotaceae); a polyterpene-containing a trans isomer of rubber used as a filling material in dentistry, and in the manufacture of splints and electri...
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Gutta-percha is a tough plastic-like substance resembling caoutchouc in many of its properties, but stronger, more soluble, and less elastic. It is the inspissated milky juice of Isonandra Gutta and other kindred trees of the natural order Sapotaceae. It chiefly comes from Malacca, Borneo, and other islands of the Malay Archipelago. When pure, gutt...
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(a type of tree whose sap is used in the manufacture of synthetic rubber) from getah, 'rubber' and perca, 'scrap/piece'; hence getah perca, 'a scrap/piece of rubber'
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[
n] - a whitish rubber derived from the coagulated milky latex of the gutta-percha tree
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inspissated juice of various trees found chiefly in the Malaysian archipelago, now extensively used in the arts. (literally 'the gum of percha').
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Rubbery material used to make golf balls after 1848.
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the milky juice, nearly white when pure, of various Malaysian trees of the sapodilla family, esp. Palaquium gutta. · the tough, rubberlike gum made from this and used as a dental cement, in the manufacture of golf balls, for insulating electric wires, etc.
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