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- Chicle - Wikipedia
Chicle ( ˈ tʃ ɪ k əl ) is a natural gum traditionally used in making chewing gum and other products [1] It is collected from several species of Mesoamerican trees in the genus Manilkara, including M zapota, M chicle, M staminodella, and M bidentata [2] [3]
- Chicle | Definition, Description, History | Britannica
chicle, gum that consists of the coagulated milky latex of the sapodilla tree (Manilkara zapota), a tropical American fruit tree principally from Yucatán and regions of Central America Chicle is obtained as pinkish to reddish brown pieces and is said to contain both rubber and gutta-percha
- Chicle - History of Chicle-based Gum - Chewing Gum Facts
Chicle is the ingredient in the production of chewing gum It is a natural product of trees with gum characteristics traditionally used in making chewing gums Our prehistoric Neolithic ancestors used various resins or birch bar tars to chew for either pleasure or dental health
- Chicle - from the Ancient Maya to William Wrigley - Loco Gringo
Chicle is a history in four acts, all of them focused on the sticky white substance that seeps from the sapodilla tree when its bark is cut First, Jennifer Mathews recounts the story of chicle and its earliest — known adherents, the Maya and Aztecs
- CHICLE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of CHICLE is a gum from the latex of the sapodilla used as the chief ingredient of chewing gum
- Chicle, the ancient origins of Mexican chewing gum - El Universal
is the mother of chewing gum since it was the first to explore the properties of the sapodilla tree, also known as chicle tree, which is the most common tree in the Great Petén area and grows in tropical forests of the Yucatán Peninsula , Belize , and the north of Guatemala
- Chicle – What is Natural Chewing Gum? – My Slice of Mexico
Chicle is the natural gum base that gave origin to American chewing gum, but how did that happen?
- What is chewing gum made of? | HowStuffWorks
Up until WWII, chewing gum was made of a substance called chicle mixed with flavorings Chicle is a latex sap that comes from the sapodilla tree (native to Central America) In other words, chicle is a form of rubber Just like rubber bands don't dissolve when you chew them, neither does chicle
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