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BALATA

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber

Synonyms:

balata; balata tree; beefwood; bully tree; Manilkara bidentata

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

balata; gutta balata

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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)

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