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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
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
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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