Thesaurus: balata

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1. n. when dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls
2. n. a tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber
3. 1. A West Indian sapotaceous tree (Bumelia retusa). 2. The bully tree (Minusops globosa); also, its milky juice (balata gum), which when dried constitutes an elastic gum called chicle, or chicle gum.
4. A West Indian sapotaceous tree (Bumelia retusa).
5. n. when dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls n. a tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber