BALATA

balata, balata tree, beefwood, bully tree, Manilkara bidentata

(noun) a tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber

balata, gutta balata

(noun) when dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

balata (countable and uncountable, plural balatas)

Manilkara bidentata, a large South American tree that yields latex and edible yellow berries.

The latex obtained from this tree.

Anagrams

• albata, atabal

Source: Wiktionary

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Bal"a*ta, n. [Sp., prob. fr. native name.]

1.

Definition: A West Indian sapotaceous tree (Bumelia retusa).

2. The bully tree (Minusops globosa); also, its milky juice (balata gum), which when dried constitutes an elastic gum called chicle, or chicle gum.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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