MANILKARA BIDENTATA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Manilkara bidentata mean? 

• MANILKARA BIDENTATA (noun)
  The noun MANILKARA BIDENTATA has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: MANILKARA BIDENTATA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MANILKARA BIDENTATA (noun)

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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 ("Manilkara bidentata" 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 "Manilkara bidentata"):

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