/ ˌgʌtə ˈpɜːtʃə; NAmE ˈpɜːrtʃə/ noun
[ U ] a natural substance which can be shaped when it is heated and is hard when cool, produced by certain Malaysian trees
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 19th cent.: from Malay getah perca , from getah gum + perca strips of cloth (which it resembles), altered by association with obsolete gutta gum , from Latin gutta a drop.