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Caoutchouc

//ˈkaʊt͡ʃʊk// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Latex; natural rubber. countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "Many a passer-by thought Miss Arundel was listening to some subject of most touching interest: his Lordship was only detailing the benefit he derived one wet day from his caoutchouc cloak."

  2. 2
    an elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from French caoutchouc, from Spanish caucho, from Quechua kawchu.

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