gutapercha
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Malay getah perca.
Noun
gutapercha f (plural gutaperchas)
- gutta-percha; an inelastic natural latex, produced from the sap of tropical trees of several species of the genera Palaquium and Payena
Further reading
- “gutapercha”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
- Manuel Seco; Olimpia Andrés; Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023), “gutapercha”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]