GUTTA BALATA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gutta balata mean? 

• GUTTA BALATA (noun)
  The noun GUTTA BALATA has 1 sense:

1. when dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GUTTA BALATA (noun)

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 ("gutta 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 ("gutta balata" is a substance of...):

balata; balata tree; beefwood; bully tree; Manilkara bidentata (a tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber)