gutta-percha

latex derived from the Gutta-percha tree (tree of the genus Palaquium in the family Sapotaceae)
Thing type_of_polymer Q423261
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Summary

gutta-percha is a type of polymer[1]. gutta-percha draws 2,035 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_polymer category, ranking #14 of 54).[2]

Key Facts

  • gutta-percha's instance of is recorded as type of polymer[3].
  • gutta-percha is a type of organic polymer[4].
  • gutta-percha's Commons category is recorded as Gutta-percha[5].
  • gutta-percha's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[6].
  • gutta-percha's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[7].
  • gutta-percha's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3[8].
  • gutta-percha's natural product of taxon is recorded as Palaquium gutta[9].
  • gutta-percha's WordLift URL is recorded as http://data.wordlift.io/wl01714/entity/gutta-percha[10].
  • gutta-percha's CXSMILES is recorded as []C/C(C)=C/C[] |Sg:n:1,2,3,4,5::ht|[11].

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Definition and Type

gutta-percha's instance of is recorded as type of polymer[3]. gutta-percha is a type of organic polymer[4].

Why It Matters

gutta-percha draws 2,035 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_polymer category, ranking #14 of 54).[2] gutta-percha has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] gutta-percha is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . fr.dentist. fr.dentist. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · Egon Willighagen · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → gutta-percha
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'bg', 'bn', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'cv', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'e
    Cxsmiles → [*]C/C(C)=C/C[*] |Sg:n:1,2,3,4,5::ht|
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/57503|batch #57503]]"
  2. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → organic polymer
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007545712605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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