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Balata

Balata Meaning & Definition
Balata Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Balata?

[n] a hard-wooded tropical tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber
[n] when dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls

Synonyms | Synonyms for Balata: balata tree | beefwood | bully tree | Manilkara bidentata

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See Also | balata | gum | gutta balata | tree

Balata In Webster's Dictionary

\Bal"a*ta\, n. [Sp., prob. fr. native name.] 1. A West Indian sapotaceous tree ({Bumelia retusa}). 2. The bully tree ({Minusops globosa}); also, its milky juice ({); also, its milky juice (}), which when dried constitutes an elastic gum called {chicle}, or {chicle gum}.

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