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BALATA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does balata mean?
• BALATA (noun)
The noun BALATA has 2 senses:
1. when dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls
2. a tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber
Familiarity information: BALATA used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
When dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
balata; gutta balata
Hypernyms ("balata" is a kind of...):
gum (any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying)
Holonyms ("balata" is a substance of...):
balata; balata tree; beefwood; bully tree; Manilkara bidentata (a tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
balata; balata tree; beefwood; bully tree; Manilkara bidentata
Hypernyms ("balata" is a kind of...):
tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)
Meronyms (substance of "balata"):
balata; gutta balata (when dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls)
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