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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 ba·la·ta /bəˈlɑtə/
 橡皮樹,橡膠

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Bal·a·ta n.
 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.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 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]