balata : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: balata	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for balata
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
balata n when dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls Synonym(s): balata, gutta balata a tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber Synonym(s): balata, balata tree, beefwood, bully tree, Manilkara bidentata
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}.