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chicken snake
chicken soup
chicken wire
chickenhead
chickenpox
chickpea
chickweed
Chiclayo
chicle
chiclero’s ulcer
Chico
chico
Chicopee
chicory
Chicoutimi
chide
chief
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chicle
chic·le [ chík'l ]


noun 
Definition:
 
main ingredient of chewing gum: a gummy substance from the latex of the sapodilla tree. Use: main ingredient of chewing gum.
[Late 19th century. Via American Spanish< Nahuatl tzictli]

chic·ly adjective
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