- gutta percha
[gutta percha 词源字典]
- gutta percha: see gout
[gutta percha etymology, gutta percha origin, 英语词源] - gutta-percha (n.)
- 1845, from Malay getah percha, literally "the gum of percha," the name of the tree; the form of the word was influenced by Latin gutta "drop." As the name of the tree itself, from 1860.
- guttate
- "Resembling drops; having drop-like markings", Early 19th century: from Latin guttatus 'speckled', from gutta 'a drop'.
- guttation
- "The secretion of droplets of water from the pores of plants", Late 19th century: from Latin gutta 'drop' + -ation.