'Balata' definitions:
Definition of 'balata'
(from WordNet)
noun
When dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls [syn: balata, gutta balata]
noun
A tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber [syn: balata, balata tree, beefwood, bully tree, Manilkara bidentata]
Definition of 'Balata'
From: GCIDE
- 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.]