|  balata 
 
 1. when dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls
 • Syn:
 gutta balata
 • Hypernyms:
 gum
 • Substance Holonyms:
 balata tree, beefwood, bully tree, Manilkara bidentata
 2. a tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber
 • Syn:
 balata tree, beefwood, bully tree, Manilkara bidentata
 • Hypernyms:
 tree
 • Substance Meronyms:
 gutta balata
 
 
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