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Noun- A gatherer of any of several gums derived from tropical South American trees.

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  • More than five hours later, we made camp, and the next morning walked for three hours to a chiclero campsite called Lo Veremos.
  • Other forms affect mainly the skin (cutaneous leishmaniasis, tropical sore, Delhi boil, espundia, forest yaws, uta, chiclero ulcer).
  • It comes with a pamphlet telling the story of Eduardo, a Guatemalan chiclero who "has found a good way of earning money without chopping down any trees."
  • It is, in fact, a destructive and sometimes violent business, as attested by the recent assassination in Carmelita of Carlos Catalán, a local chiclero who had become a...
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