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}.

English Dictionary: banaler werden	by the DICT Development Group
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