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balata

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Noun

HYPHEN

bal=a=ta

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun balata has 2 senses

balata(n = noun.plant) gutta balata - when dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls; Array

is a kind of gum

balata(n = noun.plant) balata tree, beefwood, bully tree, manilkara bidentata - a tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber; Array

is a kind of tree

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CIDE DICTIONARY

balata, n. [Sp., prob. fr. native name.].

A West Indian sapotaceous tree (Bumelia retusa). [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The bully tree (Minusops globosa); also, its milky juice (balata gum), which when dried constitutes an elastic gum called chicle, or chicle gum. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

balata, n.
1 any of several latex-yielding trees of Central America, esp. Manilkara bidentata.
2 the dried sap of this used as a substitute for gutta-percha.

Etymology

ult. f. Carib

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