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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典
 gut·ta-per·cha /ˌgʌtəˈpɚ/
 古塔膠
From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典
 gut·ta-per·cha /ˌgətəˈpɝʧə/ 名詞
From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 Gut·ta-per·cha n.  A concrete juice produced by various trees found in the Malayan archipelago, especially by the Isonandra Gutta, syn. Dichopsis Gutta.  It becomes soft, and unpressible at the tamperature of boiling water, and, on cooling, retains its new shape. It dissolves in oils and ethers, but not in water. In many of its properties it resembles caoutchouc, and it is extensively used for many economical purposes. The Mimusops globosa of Guiana also yields this material.
 
From: WordNet (r) 2.0
 gutta-percha
      n : a whitish rubber derived from the coagulated milky latex of
          the gutta-percha tree