balata > define

noun

• When dried yields a hard substance used e. G. In golf balls.
  • synonyms: gutta balata
• A tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber.
  • synonyms: balata tree, beefwood, bully tree, Manilkara bidentata
• A large shallow lake in western Hungary.
  • synonyms: Balaton, Lake Balaton, Plattensee

• (n.) The bully tree (Minusops globosa); also, its milky juice (balata gum), which when dried constitutes an elastic gum called chicle or chicle gum.
• (n.) A West Indian sapotaceous tree (Bumelia retusa).