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  1. 1. n. when dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls Source: wordnet
  2. 2. n. a tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber Source: wordnet
  3. 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. Source: webster
  4. 4. A West Indian sapotaceous tree (Bumelia retusa). Source: adambom
  5. 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 Source: ecdict

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