Found 2 items, similar to balata.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: balata 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]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Balata Balata \Bal"a*ta\, n. [Sp., prob. fr. native name.] 1. A West Indian sapotaceous tree (Bumelia retusa). [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 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 . [Webster 1913 Suppl.]