caucho

cau·cho

[kou-choh, -shoo]
noun
rubber obtained from the latex of any of several tropical American trees of the genus Castilla, especially C. elastica, of Central America.
Also called ule.


Origin:
1895–1900; < American Spanish, variant of cauchuc caoutchuc

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