balata

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
balata
    n 1: when dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls
         [syn: {balata}, {gutta balata}]
    2: a tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red
       timber [syn: {balata}, {balata tree}, {beefwood}, {bully
       tree}, {Manilkara bidentata}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Balata \Bal"a*ta\, n. [Sp., prob. fr. native name.]
   1. A West Indian sapotaceous tree ({Bumelia retusa}).
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   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}.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
    

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