Chiule

/tʃiˈuːlə/ noun

A tropical evergreen tree native to Central and South America, producing a gum used in chewing gum and other products.

From Spanish 'chicle,' from Nahuatl (Aztec) 'xictli' or 'chicli,' the sap of the sapodilla tree. The word traveled from indigenous Mesoamerica through Spanish colonization into English.

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