ba·la·ta /bəˈlɑtə/
橡皮樹,橡膠
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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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]