noun
- a gumlike substance obtained from the latex of certain tropical American trees, as the sapodilla, used chiefly in the manufacture of chewing gum.
noun
- a gumlike substance obtained from the sapodilla; the main ingredient of chewing gumAlso called: chicle gum
1889, American English (in chicle-gum), from Mexican Spanish chicle, from Nahuatl (Aztec) tzictli.