Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Balata"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Balata \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}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

balata
n 1: when dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls
[syn: {gutta balata}]
2: a hard-wooded tropical tree yielding balata gum and heavy
red timber [syn: {balata tree}, {beefwood}, {bully tree},
{Manilkara bidentata}]

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