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BALATA TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does balata tree mean? 

BALATA TREE (noun)
  The noun BALATA TREE has 1 sense:

1. a tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timberplay

  Familiarity information: BALATA TREE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BALATA TREE (noun)


Sense 1

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 tree" 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 tree"):

balata; gutta balata (when dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls)


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