BALATA as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a hard-wooded tropical tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber
   Synonym(s)
   • balata tree (what does balata tree mean?)
   • beefwood (what does beefwood mean?)
   • bully tree (what does bully tree mean?)
   • Manilkara bidentata (what does Manilkara bidentata mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) balata is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • tree (what does tree mean?)
2. Meaning
   • when dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls
   Synonym(s)
   • gutta balata (what does gutta balata mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) balata is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • gum (what does gum mean?)